Bangma C H, Roemeling S, Schröder F H
Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, PO Box 2040, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands.
World J Urol. 2007 Mar;25(1):3-9. doi: 10.1007/s00345-007-0145-z. Epub 2007 Feb 14.
Early detection of prostate cancer is associated with the diagnosis of a considerable proportion of cancers that are indolent, and that will hardly ever become symptomatic during lifetime. Such overdiagnosis should be avoided in all forms of screening because of potential adverse psychological and somatic side effects. The main threat of overdiagnosis is overtreatment of indolent disease. Men with prostate cancer that is likely to be indolent may be offered active surveillance. Evaluation of active surveillance studies and validation of new biological parameters for risk assessment are expected.
前列腺癌的早期检测与相当一部分惰性癌症的诊断相关，这些癌症在一生中几乎不会出现症状。由于潜在的不良心理和躯体副作用，在所有形式的筛查中都应避免这种过度诊断。过度诊断的主要威胁是对惰性疾病的过度治疗。对于可能是惰性的前列腺癌男性患者，可以提供主动监测。预计将对主动监测研究进行评估，并验证用于风险评估的新生物学参数。
