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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Prostate Cancer Screening

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: National Institutes of Health

Last Reviewed: October 2020

Workgroups: Cancer Workgroup

This National Institutes of Health database of prostate cancer screening programs helps program planners find evidence-based programs for different settings, population groups, and community types. Examples include:

  • Prostate Cancer Screening: Making the Best Decision, delivered in clinical and home settings to men age 40 years and older
  • Prostate Health Awareness Project, delivered in other settings to men age 40 years and older in suburban and urban areas
  • The PSA Test for Prostate Cancer: Is it Right for ME?, delivered in clinical and home settings to men age 40 years and older in rural, suburban, and urban areas
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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the prostate cancer death rate — C‑08
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the overall cancer death rate — C‑01
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs (EBCCP), Prostate Cancer Screening Evidence-Based Programs Listing. Retrieved from https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/topicPrograms.do?topicId=28360573&choice=default