Urologic oncology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Screening for prostate cancer (PC)--an update on recent findings of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC).
Introduction for screening for prostate cancer as a healthcare policy is desirable provided its effectiveness can be shown in terms of decreasing prostate cancer mortality at an acceptable price in terms of quality of life and costs. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) was initiated in 1993 and should in 2008 have the power to produce the required information. The structure and status of ERSPC. ⋯ The application of this nomogram to screen detected cases allows the the advice "active observation" to about 30% of such patients. ERSPC is set to show or exclude at least a 25% reduction in prostate cancer mortality through screening. Many pending problems still have to be resolved prior to the introduction of populations based screening as a worldwide healthcare policy.