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Letters Prostate cancer screening

Underscreened and undertreated

BMJ 2011; 342 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d3708 (Published 14 June 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;342:d3708
  1. Jesse N Aronowitz, physician1
  1. 1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605-2397, USA
  1. aronowij{at}ummhc.org

Three points question Sandblom and colleagues’ conclusion that screening for prostate cancer conferred no significant survival benefit.1

  • (1) A quarter of the men randomised to the screening cohort did not attend. Two thirds of …

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