Natural Experiment Examining Impact of Aggressive Screening and Treatment on Prostate Cancer Mortality in Two Fixed Cohorts from Seattle Area and Connecticut

Authors

Grace Lu-Yao, University of Connecticut
Peter C. Albertsen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Janet L. Stanford, Dartmouth College
Therese A. Stukel, Massachusetts General Hospital

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-5-2002

Publication Title

BMJ (Clinical Research Edition)

Abstract

To determine whether the more intensive screening and treatment for prostate cancer in the Seattle≠Puget Sound area in 1987≠90 led to lower mortality from prostate cancer than in Connecticut.

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Lu-Yao, Grace; Albertsen, Peter C.; Stanford, Janet L.; and Stukel, Therese A., "Natural Experiment Examining Impact of Aggressive Screening and Treatment on Prostate Cancer Mortality in Two Fixed Cohorts from Seattle Area and Connecticut" (2002). Dartmouth Scholarship. 676.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/676