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[Mass screening for prostate cancer in Nagano]
O Ishizuka1, T Satoh, S Kobayashi
1Department of Urology, Shinshu University School of Medicine.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
In three villages in Nagano, we performed mass screening for prostate cancer by digital rectal examination, transabdominal ultrasonography and serum prostate specific antigen. The cancer detection rate was 5.1% (9/178). Serum prostate specific antigen was especially useful for cancer detection.