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Editorial

. 2023 Jun 21:381:1389.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1389.

Prostate cancer screening: well intentioned initiatives may use up resources but not improve health outcomes

Sonya H Bushell¹, David Spitzer², Phil Whittaker³, Avril Nexus⁴, Neal Maskrey⁵, Maggie Helliway⁶, Nick Price⁷, Lindsey Pope⁸, Clare Etherington⁹, James Larcombe¹⁰, Julie Grigg¹¹, Susan Bewley¹², David Taylor¹³

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, UK.
² London, UK.
³ Radstock, UK.
⁴ Health Education England North West, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁶ Keighley, UK.
⁷ Bradford, UK.
⁸ University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁹ Harrow, UK.
¹⁰ Royal College of General Practitioners North East England Faculty, UK.
¹¹ Powys, UK.
¹² Kings College London, UK.
¹³ University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 37343958
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p1389

Editorial

Prostate cancer screening: well intentioned initiatives may use up resources but not improve health outcomes

Sonya H Bushell et al. BMJ. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 21:381:1389.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1389.

Authors

Sonya H Bushell¹, David Spitzer², Phil Whittaker³, Avril Nexus⁴, Neal Maskrey⁵, Maggie Helliway⁶, Nick Price⁷, Lindsey Pope⁸, Clare Etherington⁹, James Larcombe¹⁰, Julie Grigg¹¹, Susan Bewley¹², David Taylor¹³

Affiliations

¹ Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, UK.
² London, UK.
³ Radstock, UK.
⁴ Health Education England North West, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁶ Keighley, UK.
⁷ Bradford, UK.
⁸ University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁹ Harrow, UK.
¹⁰ Royal College of General Practitioners North East England Faculty, UK.
¹¹ Powys, UK.
¹² Kings College London, UK.
¹³ University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 37343958
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p1389

No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Comment on

Is the UK really ready to roll out prostate cancer screening?
Mahase E. Mahase E. BMJ. 2023 May 17;381:1062. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1062. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37197771 No abstract available.
Current policies on early detection of prostate cancer create overdiagnosis and inequity with minimal benefit.
Vickers A, O'Brien F, Montorsi F, Galvin D, Bratt O, Carlsson S, Catto JW, Krilaviciute A, Philbin M, Albers P. Vickers A, et al. BMJ. 2023 May 17;381:e071082. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071082. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37197772 No abstract available.

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