Prostate Cancer Screening and Beliefs about Treatment Efficacy: A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians and Urologists
The American Journal of MedicinePublished 1 June 1998Open access
Floyd J. Fowler, Bin Lin, Mary Collins, Richard G. Roberts, Joseph E. Oesterling, John H. Wasson
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Primary care physicians are more aggressive about PSA testing and referral for biopsy than most urologists recommend and believe that aggressive treatment is more beneficial than existing evidence indicates.
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Primary care physicians are more aggressive about PSA testing and referral for biopsy than most urologists recommend. Both groups recommend PSA testing and believe that aggressive treatment is more beneficial than existing evidence indicates.
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