Prostate News Archive
10-Jul-2007
Study identifies characteristics of clinicians likely to order inappropriate prostate screenings (EurekAlert!)
prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to screen for prostate cancer are frequently performed among patients for whom the PSA test is not shown to be beneficial, and clinicians with certain characteristics are more likely to order such inappropriate screening tests, according to a report in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Many Men Getting Unnecessary Prostate Cancer Blood Tests (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Too many American men are receiving inappropriate PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood tests for prostate cancer, researchers say. Prostate Cancer Gene Also Raises Colon Cancer Risk (HealthCentral.com)
Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC . All rights reserved. SUNDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Compelling evidence from four studies confirms that a key change in DNA previously linked to prostate cancer also raises colon cancer risk, scientists report.
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