Why are so many men screened for prostate cancer when research suggests active surveillance instead?
Why are so many men screened for prostate cancer when research suggests active surveillance instead? When doctors don’t know, they test. There is also something called best practices that different professions have developed to eliminate unneeded or potentially damaging procedures that are of little or no value if done routinely. In chiropractic, best practices include being more selective about taking X-rays. Compared to years ago when the standard of practice had to take x rays on everyone regardless of age, today, I select patients for X-ray only if there was trauma, the suspicion of cancer or organic phenomenon, or if
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