The Realities of Prostate Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Race
Menée aux Etats-Unis à l'aide de deux modèles de microsimulation, cette étude estime l'effet, chez les Afro-Américains, d'une intensification du dépistage du cancer de la prostate par dosage du PSA sur la mortalité spécifique et le surdiagnostic
Whether prostate cancerscreeningcauses more harm than good and whenit shouldbegin,and end,havebeen subjectsof spirited debate for decades.Juxtaposed against these debates is the issue of whether Black men merit a unique screening strategy because they are twice as likely to develop the disease and are more likely to be diagnosed with higher gradedisease.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute , éditorial en libre accès, 2020