Are Age-Based Criteria the Best Way to Determine Eligibility for Prostate Cancer Screening?

  1. Manfred Gogol, MD
  1. From Krankenhaus Lindenbrunn, Klinik fuer Geriatrie, Coppenbruegge 31863, Germany.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    The USPSTF (1) defines an age cut-off for prostate cancer screening, recommending against screening for men older than 75 years or those with a life expectancy less than 10 years. It may be uncertain whether screening for prostate cancer by …

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    1. Ann Intern Med February 3, 2009 vol. 150 no. 3 221
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