General practitioners’ approaches to prostate-specific antigen testing in the north-east of the Netherlands

General practitioners’ approaches to prostate-specific antigen testing in the north-east of the Netherlands

Abstract Background There is wide variation in clinical practice for the early detection of prostate cancer, not least because of the ongoing debate about the benefits of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. In this study, we aimed to assess the approaches, attitudes, and knowledge of general pr...

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Main Authors: Sanny Kappen, Lisa Koops, Verena Jürgens, Michael H. Freitag, Marco H. Blanker, Antje Timmer, Geertruida H. de Bock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
Subjects:
Prostatic neoplasms
Early detection of Cancer
Prostate-specific antigen
General practitioners
Physicians
Health care surveys
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01350-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01350-3

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