Canadian Urological Association recommendations on prostate cancer screening and early diagnosis

Prostate cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed non-cutaneous malignancy among Canadian men and is the third leading cause of cancer-related death. In 2016, an estimated 21 600 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 4000 men died from the disease;1 however, prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease with a clinical course ranging from indolent to life-threatening. Identifying and treating men with clinically significant prostate...