A mobile mass screening unit for prostatic disease

A mobile mass screening unit for prostatic disease

A mobile unit for mass screening of prostatic disease using transrectal ultrasonotomography was developed in December 1980. In the following years we screened 1,396 males over 55 years of age. We have detected 463 cases [33.2%] of benign prostatic hypertrophy [BPH] and eight cases [0.6%] of prostati...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Prostate 1984, Vol.5 (5), p.559-565
Hauptverfasser: Watanabe, Hiroki, Ohe, Hiroshi, Inaba, Tadashi, Itakura, Yasuhiro, Saitoh, Masahito, Nakao, Masahiro
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
BPH
Humans
Japan
Male
mass screening
Mass Screening - instrumentation
Middle Aged
Mobile Health Units
mobile unit
Pilot Projects
prostatic cancer
Prostatic Diseases - prevention & control
Ultrasonography - instrumentation
ultrasound
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Zusammenfassung:A mobile unit for mass screening of prostatic disease using transrectal ultrasonotomography was developed in December 1980. In the following years we screened 1,396 males over 55 years of age. We have detected 463 cases [33.2%] of benign prostatic hypertrophy [BPH] and eight cases [0.6%] of prostatic cancer. The detection rate of BPH and malignancy of the prostate was shown to be very high. Thus, the unit promises to be of value in preventative medicine projects for prostatic disease in Japan.
ISSN:0270-4137
1097-0045
DOI:10.1002/pros.2990050511