Other Resources
Articles addressing some of the controversies in screening for disease:
Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer
- Suzanne Fletcher and Joann Elmore: Mammographic screening for breast cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 2003;348:1672-80.
- Partridge AH and Winer EP: On mammography – more agreement than disagreement. Perspective article in: N. Engl. J. Med. 2009;361(26):2499-2501.
- Truog RD: Screening mammography and the "R" word. Perspective article in: N. Engl. J. Med. 2009;361(26):2501-2503.
Cervical Cancer
- Sawaya GF: Cervical-cancer screening – new guidelines and the balance between benefits and harms. Perspective article in: N. Engl. J. Med. 2009;361(26):2503-05.
- Lee TH, Kantoff PW, McNaughton-Collins MF. Perspective Roundtable: Screening for Prostate Cancer, New Engl. J. Med. 2009; 360:e18
PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer
- US Preventive Services Task Force - Screening for Prostate Cancer
- Allan S. Brett, M.D., and Richard J. Ablin, Ph.D. Prostate-Cancer Screening — What the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Left Out. N. Engl. J. Med. 2011;365(21):1949. (Perspective Article), Nov. 24, 2011.
- Mary F. McNaughton-Collins, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael J. Barry, M.D. One Man at a Time — Resolving the PSA Controversy. N. Engl. J. Med. 2011;365(21):1951. (Perspective Article), Nov. 24, 2011.
- Fritz H. Schröder, M.D. Stratifying Risk — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and Prostate-Cancer Screening. N. Engl. J. Med. 2011;365:1953 - 1955. . (Perspective Article), Nov. 24, 2011.
- Matthew R. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. Effective Treatment for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer — Possible, Necessary, or Both? N. Engl. J. Med. 2011;365(21):1953. (Editorial), May 5, 2011.
- www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/pdf/prosguide.pdf