What Prevents Men Aged 40-64 Years from Prostate Cancer Screening in Namibia?

Conclusions. A universal health insurance scheme may be necessary to increase uptake of prostate cancer screening. However it needs to be acknowledged that expanded screening can have negative consequences and any allocation of scarce resources towards screening must be guided by evidence obtained from the local context about the costs and benefits of screening. PMID: 26880917 [PubMed]

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Source: Journal of Cancer Epidemiology - February 19, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Tags: J Cancer Epidemiol Source Type: research