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Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
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Cancer Council of Victoria.
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References used for this fact sheet
- Cancer in Australia: an overview,2006 , Cancer series no. 37, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. More information here.
- Oesterling, J.E., Jacobsen, S.J., Klee, G.G., et al., ‘Free, complexed and total serum prostate specific antigen: the establishment of appropriate reference ranges for their concentrations and ratios’, in Journal of Urology, vol. 154, no. 3, pp. 1090–5. More information here.
- Schroder F.H., Hugosson J., Roobol M.J., Tammela T.L.J., Ciatto S., Nelen V., et al. 2009, ‘Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study’, in New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 360, no. 13, p. 18. More information here.
- USANZ Prostate cancer testing policy 2009 Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand. More information here.
- Position statement – Prostate cancer screening in Australia: joint key messages, Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council and Cancer Council Australia. More information here.
- Position statement – Prostate cancer screening, Cancer Council Australia. More information here.
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