Review: evidence from 2 low quality screening studies does not show a reduction in death from prostate cancer.
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Data sources: PROSTATE register (up to November 2004), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CANCERLIT, NHS EED (all from 1966 to January 2006); hand searches of specialist journals: BJU International (2000–2005), European Urology (2002–2005), The Prostate (1998–2005), Journal of Urology (1996–2005), Urology (2002–2005), and Cancer (1998–2005); grey literature; and personal communication.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Evidence-based medicine
دوره 12 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007