Reducing prostate cancer deaths: unsupported speculation about the androgen deprivation hypothesis.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.06.051.
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Abstract
The reduction in prostate cancer deaths in the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer is best explained by a stage migration in the intervention arm, resulting in earlier effective treatment of localized prostate cancer compared with controls.
Medical subject headings
- Androgen Antagonists
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Mass Screening
- Prostate-Specific Antigen
- Prostatectomy
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Watchful Waiting