The reduction in prostate cancer deaths in the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer is best explained by a stage migration in the intervention arm, resulting in earlier effective treatment of localized prostate cancer compared with controls.
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James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Reference: Eur Urol. 2014 Jul 10. pii: S0302-2838(14)00625-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.06.051
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PMID: 25018035
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