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Rotterdam Randomized Pilot Studies of Screening for Prostate CancerAn Overview After 10 Years
Affiliations of authors: Department of Urology (FHS, MJR, WJK, CHB), Department of Public Health (HJdK), Department of Clinical Chemistry (BGB), and Department of Pathology (THVdK), Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (RAMD)
Correspondence to: Fritz H. Schröder, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands (e-mail: e.vandenberg@erasmusmc.nl).
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Four pilot studies were conducted in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, prior to the initiation of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC). The main purpose of these studies was to establish the feasibility of randomization and of the testing procedures. The pilot studies were not part of the ERSPC, and they were not carried out according to a
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