PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer, Not for the Ill-Informed

There is a real danger that PSA screening will lead to overtreatment. The government, having studied this situation, has therefore recommended dropping PSA screening altogether. This proposal doesn’t seem so ludicrous when you consider the present system is over diagnosing 100,000 men with low-grade disease every year.  Studies show that 70,000 of these men naively rush into immediate surgery or radiation, even though it won’t prolong their lives!  READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE > https://www.verywell.com/psa-screening-for-prostate-cancer-2781982

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