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isbn: 978-909025-121-9

Improving Screening Strategies for Prostate Cancer

(Verbetering van strategieën voor bevolkingsonderzoek naar prostaatkanker)


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Th is thesis describes research on screening for prostate cancer. To improve understanding of the thesis, some background information will be provided in this introduction. First, a short description of the prostate and of prostate cancer will be given in Chapter 1, followed by more detailed background information on screening for prostate cancer in Chapter 2. Th e fi nal part of this introduction, Chapter 3, will outline the scope of this thesis.


Supervisors (promotores):

Prof. Dr. Schroder, F.H.
Prof. Dr. Bangma, C.H.

The author wishes to thank:

Abbott,
Astellas,
Astra Zeneca,
Beckman Coulter,
Ferring,
GlaxoSmithKline,
Eli-Lilly,
Novartis,
Olympus,
Pfizer,
Sanofi Aventis,
Stichting Contactgroep Prostaatkanker,
Stichting Urologisch Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek,
Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Prostaatkanker,
Fonds Nuts Ohra


Keywords


Automatically Extracted Terms
  • prostate
  • prostate cancer
  • cancer
  • screening
  • tumour
  • biopsy
  • study
  • tumour volume
  • volume
  • patient
  • chapter
  • treatment
  • value
  • schr fh
  • erspc
  • gleason
  • european randomized study
  • lesion
  • mortality
  • disease


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