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Is a Screening Interval of Every 4 Years for Prostate Cancer Acceptable?

E. David Crawford

Correspondence to: E. David Crawford, MD, Division of Urologic Oncology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop # F 710, PO Box # 6510, Aurora, CO 80045 (e-mail: david.crawford@uchsc.edu).

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In this issue of the Journal, Roobol et al. (1) report an analysis of two different screening intervals in the large European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) to defend a screening interval of every 4 years. In contrast to the yearly screening for prostate cancer in the United States, most centers in the ERSPC trial chose to screen men every 4 years. Critics of the 4-year screening interval have voiced concerns that clinically significant cancers could be missed by such an extended interval. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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