Prostate-Cancer Mortality at 11 Years of Follow-up

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Authors

Fritz H. Schröder · Erasmus MC

Jonas Hugosson · University of Gothenburg

Monique J. Roobol

Teuvo L.J. Tammela · Erasmus MC

Stefano Ciatto · University of Gothenburg

Vera Nelen · Provincial Institute for Hygiene

Maciej Kwiatkowski · Kantonsspital Aarau

Abstract

Analyses after 2 additional years of follow-up consolidated our previous finding that PSA-based screening significantly reduced mortality from prostate cancer but did not affect all-cause mortality. (Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN49127736.).

Topics & Keywords

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 366, Issue 11, pp. 981-990

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1113135

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