Over 25% of the Australian population are immigrants, and are less active participants in
cancer screening programmes. Most immigrants live in urban areas of Australia, but a …

BACKGROUND Cadmium exposure has been suggested as a risk factor for prostate cancer,
and experimental literature suggests that the carcinogenic effect of cadmium is modified by …

There are several caveats to the findings of this important trial. These patients were
identified over a 10-year period dating from the earliest era of PSA detection. Eighty percent …

Cancer screening is the application of a test to detect a cancer in asymptomatic individuals,
175,181,212 that is, in persons with no known signs or symptoms of cancer before the …

Background Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in Canadian men
(excluding non-melanoma skin cancer), with an estimated 22300 cases and 4300 deaths in …

Background: The importance of prostatic carcinoma and its detection has increased
manifold over the last few decades. Total serum acid phosphatase (ACP) was the world's …

Only in the last decade has it been acknowledged broadly that pa-tients need to be involved
in planning for and implementing their own health care. The inclusion in this series of a …

A few years ago, a notable paper criticized prostate-cancer screening as a defective system
lacking negative feedback. A PSA test yields either an unsuspicious or a suspicious result. If …

The justification for systematically screening asymptomatic patients for a condition is based
on the severity of the disease, the existence of an effective method of detection, the efficacy …

The justification for systematically screening asymptomatic patients for a condition is based
on the severity of the disease, the existence of an effective method of detection, the efficacy …