New study on overdiagnosis of prostate cancer in Europe – IARC

IARC – International Agency for Research on Cancer shared the following on LinkedIn:

“A paper on overdiagnosis of prostate cancer in Europe focuses on epidemiological characteristics of prostate cancer in Europe, and contrasts between heterogeneous incidence trends and more uniform decreases in mortality from prostate cancer.

Study published in The BMJ.”

Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Europe and implications for screening activities: population based study

Authors: Salvatore Vaccarella, Mengmeng Li, Freddie Bray, Rune Kvale, Diego Serraino, Valentina Lorenzoni, Anssi Auvinen, Luigino Dal Maso

New study on overdiagnosis of prostate cancer in Europe - IARC

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Source: IARC – International Agency for Research on Cancer/LinkedIn

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