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The effect of the United States Preventive Services Task Force grade D recommendation against screening for prostate cancer on incident prostate cancer diagnoses in the US.


AUTHORS

Barocas DA , Mallin K , Graves AJ , Penson DF , Palis B , Winchester DP , Chang SS , . The Journal of urology. 2015 6 15; ().

ABSTRACT

In October 2011, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft guideline, discouraging the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) based screening for prostate cancer (grade D recommendation). Our objective was to evaluate the effect of the USPSTF guideline on the number and distribution of new prostate cancer diagnoses in the US.


In October 2011, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft guideline, discouraging the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) based screening for prostate cancer (grade D recommendation). Our objective was to evaluate the effect of the USPSTF guideline on the number and distribution of new prostate cancer diagnoses in the US.


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