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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2014 Sep 1;136(7):1600–1607. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29136

Table 1. List of screening policies by age, frequency, PSA threshold and PSA value or age dependent condition.

Policy Start/Stop Age Frequencies PSAt* Condition
Basecase

1 50-74 yearly 3

Varying Start/Stop Age and Screen Frequencies

2 50-62 2-,4-year, yearly 3
3 50-66 2-,4-year, yearly 3
4 50-68 2-year, yearly 3
5 50-70 2-,4-year, yearly 3
6 50-72 2-year, yearly 3
7 50-74 2-,4-year 3
8 54-62 2-,4-year, yearly 3
9 54-66 2-,4-year, yearly 3
10 54-68 2-year, yearly 3
11 54-70 2-,4-year, yearly 3
12 54-72 2-year, yearly 3
13 54-74 2-,4-year, yearly 3
14 58-66 2-,4-year, yearly 3
15 58-68 2-year, yearly 3
16 58-70 2-,4-year, yearly 3
17 58-72 2-year, yearly 3
18 58-74 2-,4-year, yearly 3
19 62-70 2-,4-year, yearly 3
20 62-74 2-,4-year, yearly 3

Higher PSAt by age

21 50-70/72/74 yearly 4
22 50-70/72/74 yearly 3 if 66 ≤ age < 70, then PSAt = 4, if age ≥ 70 then PSAt = 5
23 50-70/72/74 yearly 4 if 66 ≤ age < 70, then PSAt = 5, if age ≥ 70 then PSAt = 7

Screen Frequency and Stop Age dependent on PSA result (PSA based risk stratification)

24 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 60 and PSA < 1 then Stop
25 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 60 and PSA < 1 then frequency is 8-year
26 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 60 and PSA < 1 then frequency is 4-year
27 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 60 and PSA < 1 then frequency is 2-year
28 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 65 and PSA < 1 then Stop
29 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 65 and PSA < 1 then frequency is 4-year
30 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 65 and PSA < 1 then frequency is 2-year
31 50-74 yearly 3 if age ≥ 70 and PSA < 1 then Stop

Screening Men Older than 75

32 50-76/78/80 yearly 3
33 50-76/78/80 yearly 3 if age ≥ 70 then PSAt = 4
34 50-76/78/80 yearly 3 if 66 ≤ age < 70, then PSAt = 4, if age ≥ 70 then PSAt = 5
35 50-76/78/80 yearly 4 if 66 ≤ age < 70, then PSAt = 5, if age ≥ 70 then PSAt = 7

AUA 2013 guideline based policies

36 55-69 yearly 4
37 55-69 2-year, yearly 3