Prostate News Archive
07-Oct-2011
Routine Prostate-Cancer Screening Should End, U.S. Panel Says
prostate-cancer screening doesn?t save enough lives to justify exposing men to risks of death, incontinence and impotence, a U.S. panel will say today in a report that sparked immediate criticism from patient advocates. Panel advises against prostate cancer screening
Those PSA blood tests that check for prostate cancer do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive them as part of routine cancer screening, a government panel is recommending. Routine Prostate-Cancer Screening Risky: U.S. Panel
prostate-cancer screening doesn?t save enough lives to justify exposing men to risks of death, incontinence and impotence, a U.S. panel will say today in a report that sparked immediate criticism from patient advocates.
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