The numbers are estimates of the number of positive tests, cancers detected, and pathologically organ-confined cancers from PSA screening of 1,000 men in their 60s who have not been screened before. The numbers in parentheses are estimates from combined screening with both PSA and DRE. The number of cancers detected would be smaller after repeated annual screening.
* For men in their 50s, about 50; for men in their 70s, about 270.
† For men in their 50s, about 150; for men in their 70s, about 400.
‡ For men in their 50s, about 17; for men in their 70s, about 90.
§ For men in their 50s, about 30; for men in their 70s, about 100.
¦ For men in their 50s, about 12; for men in their 70s, about 63.
** For men in their 50s, about 21; for men in their 70s, about 70.