The use of PSA testing over more than 20 years: A population-based study in North-Eastern Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the practice of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing over more than 20 years in Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG), North-Eastern Italy.

Methods

A population-based, ecological study was conducted using information derived from regional administrative health-related databases. Data on PSA and prostate biopsies performed on resident men aged ⩾45 years from 1998 to 2019 were retrieved. PSA and biopsy rates were calculated as the number of men who had at least one such procedure in each calendar year over the mean resident male population of the same year. Temporal trends were analyzed using joinpoint regression (annual percentage change -APC).

Results

A total of 2,502,670 PSA were made between 1998 to 2019 in men aged ⩾45 years. The number of PSA steadi

SUBMITTER: Taborelli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature