Dépistage du cancer de la prostate: actualité [Prostate cancer screening: an update]

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_11E9631D48D2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Dépistage du cancer de la prostate: actualité [Prostate cancer screening: an update]
Journal
Revue medicale suisse
Author(s)
Tawadros T., Doerfler A., Treuthardt C., Praz V., Levi F., Zouhair A., Berthold D., Bauer J., Iselin C., Jichlinski P.
ISSN
1660-9379 (Print)
ISSN-L
1660-9379
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/12/2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
5
Number
228
Pages
2438-2441
Language
french
Notes
http://titan.medhyg.ch/mh/formation/article.php3?sid=34479
Publication types: English Abstract ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Prostate cancer screening using PSA is controversial because of a low specificity and detection of non clinically relevant cancer. Two important studies have been published recently. One of two studies suggests a 20% lowering in specific prostate cancer mortality due to PSA screening. This benefit is relevant but implies at a high risk of overtreatment and treatment-related complications. Currently PSA screening is only proposed as an individual screening for informed patients.

Keywords
Humans, Male, Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood, Prostatic Neoplasms/blood, Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis
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