Álvaro Páez Borda

Álvaro Páez Borda

Álvaro Páez Borda
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Head of Urology Service, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid; Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; and Chairman of the Spanish branch of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer

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Reactions: Article recommends limiting use of antigen tests for prostate cancer screening

Most high-income countries do not have prostate cancer screening programmes for their entire population; prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests can be done on an individual basis. In an opinion piece published in The BMJ, a group of urologists and epidemiologists specialised in prostate cancer screening argue for restricting the use of PSA tests to avoid over-detection and over-treatment. 

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