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Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test
Neil Bell, Sarah Connor Gorber, Amanda Shane, Michel Joffres, Harminder Singh, James Dickinson, Elizabeth Shaw, Lesley Dunfield, Marcello Tonelli and Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1225-1234; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140703
Neil Bell
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Sarah Connor Gorber
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Amanda Shane
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Michel Joffres
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Harminder Singh
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
James Dickinson
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Elizabeth Shaw
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Lesley Dunfield
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Marcello Tonelli
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Shane, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Dickinson) and Office of the Associate Dean — Research (Tonelli), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Shaw), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test
Neil Bell, Sarah Connor Gorber, Amanda Shane, Michel Joffres, Harminder Singh, James Dickinson, Elizabeth Shaw, Lesley Dunfield, Marcello Tonelli, Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
CMAJ Nov 2014, 186 (16) 1225-1234; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140703
Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test
Neil Bell, Sarah Connor Gorber, Amanda Shane, Michel Joffres, Harminder Singh, James Dickinson, Elizabeth Shaw, Lesley Dunfield, Marcello Tonelli, Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
CMAJ Nov 2014, 186 (16) 1225-1234; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140703
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