Prostate cancer: 4. Screening
| Table 1: Outcome of initial screening for prostate cancer by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and digital rectal examination (DRE) in 7223 men 55–74 years of age4,9 | |||
| Prostate cancer | |||
| Test result | Present | Absent | Total |
| Positive* | 197 | 1169 | 1366 |
| Negative | 29† | 5828 | 5857 |
| Total | 226 | 6997 | 7223 |
| *A positive test result corresponds to a PSA level of more than 4 ng/mL, a suspicious DRE result or both. †Men with a false-negative screening test result are those in whom prostate cancer was discovered by biopsy after transurethral ultrasonography yielded abnormal findings. |
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