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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on August 28, 2007
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(17):1277; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm156
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More Prostate Cancer Screening Has Little Effect on Detection of Aggressive Cancer

Liz Savage, Andrea Widener

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More prostate cancers were detected among men who were screened every two years than men screened every four years, according to a study published online August 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. But the shorter time between screenings did not reduce the number of aggressive cancers found between the scheduled screening tests.

Since the introduction of PSA (prostate specific antigen) testing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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