Screening for Prostate Cancer

Preventive Services Task Force, US; C. Grossman, David; J. Curry, Susan; K Owens, Douglas; Bibbins‐Domingo, Kirsten; B. Caughey, Aaron; W. Davidson, Karina; A. Doubeni, Chyke; H. Ebell, Mark; W. Epling, John; R. Kemper, Alex; H. Krist, Alex; Kubik, Martha; Seth Landefeld, C.; M. Mangione, Carol; Silverstein, Michael; A. Simon, Melissa; L. Siu, Albert; Tseng, Chien‐Wen

doi:10.1001/jama.2018.3710

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Screening for Prostate Cancer

Published in JAMA • May 8, 2018

Authors:

US Preventive Services Task Force

David C. Grossman

Susan J. Curry

Abstract

Importance: In the United States, the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer is approximately 13%, and the lifetime risk of dying of prostate cancer is 2.5%. The median age of death from prostate cancer is 80 years. Many men with prostate cancer never experience symptoms and, without ...

Subject

Overdiagnosis

Medicine

Prostate cancer

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