The BMJ Awards 2019: UK Research Paper of the Year

2019/04/24 by Jacqui Wise · 1 citation
Medicine · #Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment #Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments #Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.l1866

openalex publication_date 2019/04/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/01/13

Abstract

For the past 25 years, men with suspected prostate cancer on the basis of a raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) test have typically been offered standard transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided biopsy of the prostate gland. However, this approach sometimes misses clinically significant tumours and can lead to the over-detection of low grade cancers. The PRECISION trial1 was one of the first multicentre …

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• Mark Emberton [wikipedia]

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