Prostate cancer: Modeling the outcomes of prostate cancer screening Journal Article
| Authors: | Loeb, S.; Carlsson, S.; Braithwaite, R. S. |
| Article Title: | Prostate cancer: Modeling the outcomes of prostate cancer screening |
| Abstract: | Randomized trials on prostate cancer screening are limited by logistical and temporal issues. Modeling can be useful to estimate the results for alternative scenarios not examined in the studies and to explain sources of variation between trials. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | treatment outcome; follow up; prostate specific antigen; markov chains; randomized controlled trials as topic; cancer screening; cancer mortality; age; prostate cancer; prostate-specific antigen; prostatic neoplasms; prostate biopsy; short survey; early detection of cancer; digital rectal examination; randomized controlled trial (topic) |
| Journal Title: | Nature Reviews Urology |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1759-4812 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2012-03-13 |
| Start Page: | 183 |
| End Page: | 185 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nrurol.2012.34 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 22410678 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 1 May 2012" - "Source: Scopus" |
