Movember moustache campaign and participation in Swedish organised prostate cancer testing

Authors

  • Ola Bratt Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ­Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; cRegional Cancer Centre West, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Tim Andersson-Säll Regional Cancer Centre West, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ­Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Anders Bjartell Department of Urology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Translational Medicine, Division of Urological Cancers, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
  • Olof Gunnarsson Department of Urology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden
  • Anna Lantz Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Pelvic Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Johan Styrke Department of Diagnostics and Intervention, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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https://doi.org/10.2340/sju.v60.45025

Keywords:

prostate cancer, screening, participation, awareness campaign, organized testing

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2025-12-10

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Bratt, O., Andersson-Säll, T., Arnsrud Godtman, R., Bjartell, A., Gunnarsson, O., Lantz, A., & Styrke, J. (2025). Movember moustache campaign and participation in Swedish organised prostate cancer testing. Scandinavian Journal of Urology, 60, 226–228. https://doi.org/10.2340/sju.v60.45025

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