Prostate News Archive
08-Oct-2011
Healthy men don't need prostate screening: US panel
Routine screening for prostate cancer does not help save the lives of healthy men and often triggers the need for more tests and treatments, a US government health panel said Friday. Prostate Cancer Screening: What You Need to Know
prostate Cancer Screening: What You Need to Know 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. 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
No major medical group recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer, and now a government panel is saying they do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive the tests as part of routine cancer screening.
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