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25-Oct-2011
Utah doctors: Get that prostate cancer screening
Utah doctors: Get that prostate cancer screening By kirsten stewart The Salt Lake Tribune Published Oct 24, 2011 07:24AM MDT Were it not for a touch of the flu last year, Richard Scoville might never have known he was overdue for a blood test that, along with a biopsy, revealed he had prostate cancer ? the fast-growing kind. He might have been spared the hormone injections, which he says felt ... Prostate Cancer: Why Men Will Likely Ignore the Calls to Skip PSA Tests
In our war against cancer, men don't hear about the downsides of screening PSA test valuable in predicting biopsy need, low-risk prostate cancer, study finds
The prostate-specific antigen test, commonly known as the PSA test, is valuable in predicting which men should have biopsies and which are likely to be diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, a new study has found. Understanding the new prostate cancer screening recommendations
Hopkins Bayview chief of urology also discusses side effects of treatment The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel, recently recommended that healthy men not be given PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancer. But that won't mean the end of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in American men.
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