Letter

PSA and prostate cancer

More research is not needed

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: 10.1136/sbmj.b5336 (Published 9 December 2009)
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  1. Charles J Wright, consultant in medical and academic affairs, programme planning, and evaluation1
  1. 1Suite 704, 211 St Patrick Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 2Y9
  1. cjwright{at}rogers.com

    The conclusions of the editorial on prostate specific antigen for detecting early prostate cancer published with the paper and analysis article are incongruous.1 2 3 Having summarised all the evidence to date on the validity of screening using prostate specific antigen, the conclusions seemingly ignore most of it and call for more research.

    The more time we spend conducting more research the more …

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