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Is it Prostate Cancer ?
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Is it Prostate Cancer ?

  • Hans-Heinrich Glättli1,
  • Juergen Durner2 &
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Given a set of PSA values, we answer the question: “Is its information content typical for the existence of a prostate cancer, or not?” Our findings support PSA screening.

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    Hans-Heinrich Glättli

  2. Universitätsklinikum, IPT, D-80336 München https://www.nature.com/nature

    Juergen Durner

  3. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, IPP, ETHZ, CH-8093 Zürich https://www.nature.com/nature

    Hans-Jürg Gerber

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Glättli, HH., Durner, J. & Gerber, HJ. Is it Prostate Cancer ?. Nat Prec (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4556.1

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  • early diagnosis

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