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Nevalainen, Jaakko
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Nevalainen, Jaakko
Talala, Kirsi
Taari, Kimmo
Raitanen, Jani
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Stenman, Ulf-Håkan
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Auvinen, Anssi
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spelling Pakarainen, Tomi Nevalainen, Jaakko Talala, Kirsi Taari, Kimmo Raitanen, Jani Kujala, Paula Stenman, Ulf-Håkan Tammela, Teuvo L.J. Auvinen, Anssi 1078-0432 1557-3265 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Cancer Research Oncology http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1807 <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Purpose:</jats:title> <jats:p>The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) has shown a 21% reduction in prostate cancer mortality by PSA-based screening. The aim of the study is to evaluate screening effect on prostate cancer incidence and mortality in relation to number of screening rounds attended.</jats:p> <jats:p>Experimental Design: The participants in the screening arm of the Finnish trial (31,867 men) were classified according to screening attendance in a time-dependent fashion. Initially, all men in the screening arm were regarded as nonattenders until the first screening attendance, then remained among the once-screened until the second screen and similarly for the possible third round. The control arm was the reference. Follow-up started at randomization and ended at death, emigration, or end of 2013. Prostate cancer incidence and mortality, as well lung cancer and overall mortality were evaluated.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Results:</jats:title> <jats:p>Prostate cancer incidence was increased among screened men, but was not directly related to the number of screening rounds. Prostate cancer mortality was decreased in men screened twice or three times, but did not materially differ in those who did not attend the screening, and in men screened once compared with the control arm. The largest mortality reduction was in men screened three times [HR 0.17; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.09–0.33]. However, a reduction was also seen in lung cancer (HR 0.59; 95% CI, 0.47–0.73) and overall mortality (HR 0.56; 95% CI, 0.52–0.60).</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions:</jats:title> <jats:p>Assuming a similar relative reduction being due to selection bias and screening in prostate cancer as other causes of death (40% reduction), approximately half of the observed prostate cancer mortality reduction by repeated screening is likely to be noncausal and a real screening effect may account for up to 40% reduction in men screened three times. Prostate cancer mortality reduction can only be achieved by repeated screening cycles.</jats:p> </jats:sec> The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) Clinical Cancer Research
spellingShingle Pakarainen, Tomi, Nevalainen, Jaakko, Talala, Kirsi, Taari, Kimmo, Raitanen, Jani, Kujala, Paula, Stenman, Ulf-Håkan, Tammela, Teuvo L.J., Auvinen, Anssi, Clinical Cancer Research, The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), Cancer Research, Oncology
title The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
title_full The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
title_fullStr The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
title_full_unstemmed The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
title_short The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
title_sort the number of screening cycles needed to reduce prostate cancer mortality in the finnish section of the european randomized study of prostate cancer (erspc)
title_unstemmed The Number of Screening Cycles Needed to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality in the Finnish Section of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
topic Cancer Research, Oncology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1807