Mortality results from a randomized prostate-cancer screening trial.

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The effect of screening with prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) testing and digital rectal examination on the rate of death from prostate cancer is unknown. This is the first report from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial on prostate-cancer mortality.

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PubMed ID:: 19297565

PMC ID:: 2944770

DOI:: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810696

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