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Reconsidering Prostate Cancer Mortality - The Future of PSA Screening

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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Volume 382, Issue 16, Pages 1557-1563

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MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms1914228

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Since PSA screening and the treatment that may follow result in trading off one cause of death for another, rather than extending life, providers who support such screening should offer patients a better deal by protecting them from overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

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