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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 12, 837,
June 18, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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Study Supports Lengthening Prostate Cancer Screening Interval
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A new study estimates that one half of the cancers detected by an annual screening program for prostate cancer among men between the ages of 55 and 67 would not have been diagnosed in the absence of screening during the patients lifetimes, a phenomenon known as overdetection. The study appears in the June 18 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Screening for prostate cancer by measuring the prostate-specific