The Journal of Urology
Volume 177, Issue 4 , Pages 1303-1306 , April 2007

Prostate Cancer Screening and Disease Management: How Screening May Have an Unintended Effect on Survival and Mortality—The Camel’s Nose Effect

  • Rhonda M. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Urology, UTHSCSA, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (telephone: 210-567-5643: FAX: 210-567-6868).
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  • Ian M. Thompson

Received 24 July 2006

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 Study received institutional review board approval.See Editorial on page 1225.

PII: S0022-5347(06)03115-6

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.11.064

The Journal of Urology
Volume 177, Issue 4 , Pages 1303-1306 , April 2007

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