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Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

Status
Status: Commission completed
Project no.
S19-01
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Report documents

  1. Extract of the final report

    Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

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    PDF-Dokument, 439 kB, EN, PDF
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  2. Final report

    Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

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    PDF-Dokument, 2 MB, DE, PDF
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  3. Documentation of comments on the preliminary report

    Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

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    PDF-Dokument, 5 MB, DE, PDF
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  4. Preliminary report

    Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

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    PDF-Dokument, 739 kB, DE, PDF
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  5. Documentation of comments on the report plan

    Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

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    PDF-Dokument, 168 kB, DE, PDF
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  6. Report plan

    Prostate cancer screening with the PSA test

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    PDF-Dokument, 164 kB, DE, PDF
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Press releases

PSA screening: benefit does not outweigh harm

Some men benefit from an earlier cancer diagnosis. However, more men are at risk of overdiagnosis and treatment-related complications. Studies have yet to show whether a risk-adapted approach will affect this conclusion.
Press release

Project details

Project no.
S19-01
Commission
Commission awarded on 18.04.2019 by the Federal Joint Committee (GBA).
Report type
Report
Status
Commission completed
Department/Division
Non-Drug Interventions
Topic
Cancer, Prevention and screening
Note

The current version 1.1 of the final report replaces version 1.0 published on 2020-05-22.


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