Screening for prostate cancer: a guidance statement from the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians

• Published in: Annals of internal medicine Vol. 158; no. 10; p. 761
• Main Authors: Qaseem, Amir, Barry, Michael J, Denberg, Thomas D, Owens, Douglas K, Shekelle, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 21.05.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Decision Making; Digital Rectal Examination - standards; Early Detection of Cancer - standards; Humans; Male; Mass Screening - standards; Middle Aged; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control; Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy; Risk Factors; United States; United States

Prostate cancer is an important health problem in men. It rarely causes death in men younger than 50 years; most deaths associated with it occur in men older than 75 years. The benefits of screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test are outweighed by the harms for most men. Prostate canc...