The prostate is located between the bladder and the penis (Figure 1). The prostate is just in front of the rectum. The urethra runs through the center of the prostate, from the bladder to the penis, letting urine flow out of the body.

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The studies reported in this thesis were performed at the departments of Urology of the Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands as an integrated part of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC). The ERSPC was funded Europe-wide by grants of Beckman-Coulter-Hybritech Inc; European Union Grants; the 6th framework program of the EU: P-mark. The Dutch section of the ERSPC is supported by the Dutch Cancer Society; the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMW). The studies reported in this thesis were sponsored by an unconditional grant of ONVZ Insurance. The printing of this thesis was financially sponsored by: AbbVie, Astellas, Bayer Health- Care, BK Medical, ChipSoft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, GlaxoSmithKline, Ipsen, J.E. Jurriaanse Stichting, Olympus, Sanofi, Star-MDC, Stichting Urologisch Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Stichting Wetenschappelijk onderzoek Prostaatkanker.
C.H. Bangma (Chris)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Zhu, Y. (2013, October 16). Screening for Prostate cancer : Effect on mortality and risk-based screening strategy. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/41586