Prostate cancer and the PSA test; why are they still screening and treating this “what if” disease?
Prostate cancer and the PSA test; why are they still screening and treating this “what if” disease? A few years ago, doctors were being told that the PSA test for prostate cancer was highly inaccurate, especially in older men was usually unnecessary. Treatment led to incontinence and sexual dysfunction when treated with radiation and surgery. The worst part of this is that researchers have known for years that these tumors are usually slow-growing and are unlikely to be what is the cause of death in an older man. Unfortunately, we have conditioned the public to make irrational decisions when we use
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