Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening: has the pendulum swung too far?

• 来源期刊: 亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（5）
• 页码范围: 655-656
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.49

摘要

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) along with digital rectal exam has been the standard for prostate cancer screening in the United States for the past 20 years.1 During this time period,the improved detection of prostate cancer decreased related mortality more than 30%? In fact,metastases and their comorbidities have decreased more than 75% since the early 1990s,resulting in a higher incidence of early organ-confined disease.While it is clear that prostate cancer mortality statistics have improved,it is unclear whether men are overscreened.