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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(13):957; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.13.957
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 13, 957, July 3, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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Prostate Cancer Incidence Trends Reveal Extent of Screening-Related Overdiagnosis

Linda Wang, Assistant News Editor, Katherine Arnold, News Editor

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A new look at the recent surge in prostate cancer incidence suggests that 29% of cases in white men and 44% of cases in black men that are detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, may represent overdiagnosis, or the detection of cancers that otherwise would not have been detected within the patient’s lifetime. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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