RT Journal
A1 Pollack CE, MD, MHS, Noronha G, MD, Green GE, MD, Bhavsar NA, PhD, MPH, Carter H, MD
T1 PRimary care providers' response to the us preventive services task force draft recommendations on screening for prostate cancer
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD April 23
VO 172
IS 8
SP 668
OP 670
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.135
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.135
AB 
In October 2011, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released draft recommendations for prostate cancer screening.1 Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing was given a grade D, indicating that its use for routine screening should be discouraged. The draft recommendations contrast with those of the American Cancer Society and the American Urological Association.2- 3 In the context of competing recommendations and clinical uncertainty, our goals were to examine primary care providers' views of the draft recommendations and to determine to what extent they may be expected to change clinical practice.