Screening for Prostate Cancer

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Letters3 April 2012Screening for Prostate CancerRoger Chou, MD and Jennifer M. Croswell, MD, MPHRoger Chou, MDFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850.Search for more papers by this author and Jennifer M. Croswell, MD, MPHFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-156-7-201204030-00017 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We appreciate the interest in our review. We would like to clarify that the purpose of the review was to synthesize the evidence on benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening, not to make recommendations about screening. The article was not written by the USPSTF but was commissioned and used by the USPSTF to inform its separate draft recommendation.Dr. Carlsson and colleagues incorrectly state that the review's conclusions are based on the results of 2 published meta-analyses. In fact, our review reports and summarizes the results of the 2 major screening trials (ERSPC [1] and PLCO [2]) ...References1. Schröder FH, Hugosson J, Roobol MJ, Tammela TL, Ciatto S, Nelen V, et al; ERSPC Investigators. Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1320-8. [PMID: 19297566] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Grubb RL, Buys SS, Chia D, Church TR, et al; PLCO Project Team. Mortality results from a randomized prostate-cancer screening trial. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1310-9. [PMID: 19297565] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M11-1085. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoScreening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Roger Chou , Jennifer M. Croswell , Tracy Dana , Christina Bougatsos , Ian Blazina , Rongwei Fu , Ken Gleitsmann , Helen C. Koenig , Clarence Lam , Ashley Maltz , J. Bruin Rugge , and Kenneth Lin Screening for Prostate Cancer Sigrid Carlsson , Andrew Vickers , Hans Lilja , and Jonas Hugosson Screening for Prostate Cancer M'Liss A. Hudson Screening for Prostate Cancer Murray S. Feldstein Metrics 3 April 2012Volume 156, Issue 7Page: 540KeywordsCancer screeningCancer treatmentPopulation statisticsProstate cancerProstate diseasesQuality of lifeRadiation therapySurgery ePublished: 3 April 2012 Issue Published: 3 April 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...