Barry Stein, MD is Surgeon in Chief, Department of Urology, Rhode Island Hospital, and Professor and Chief, Division of Urology, Brown University School of Medcine. Joann Lindenmayer, DVM, MPH is Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Rhode Island Department of Health, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine. In 1996 the Rhode Island Department of Health assembled an Expert Panel on Cancer Screening to advise the Department on revising the State's current cancer control plan, published in 1989. After reviewing the current screening recommendations of national organizations and the most recent pertinent literature, the Panel proposed a recommendation for prostate cancer screening , inviting comments from the health care community.
Methods Review current prostate cancer screening recommendations of national organizations.
Review the most recent literature pertinent to prostate cancer screening. Propose prostate cancer screening recommendations for the State's cancer control plan. Write a simple rationale for the proposed prostate cancer screening recommendations. Invite comments on the proposed recommendations and rationale. Study comments received.