What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe prostate cancer test, PSA, can give false readings if the man has ejaculated in the previous two days. The test can produce a false positive reading, which can lead to unnecessary prostate bi ...
Men who have had vasectomies are at greater risk of developing prostate cancer, according to two US studies of more than 73,000 men (The Lancet, 20 February 1993). ...
PSA: A test too far and wide
The idea of "watchful waiting" as a method of dealing with prostate cancer has gained more ground following a study in Sweden, which has the world's fourth highest death rate from the cancer. ...
PSA: It's a test that has had its day
Screening for prostate cancer has become more and more widespread fuelled by analogies with the "success" of breast cancer screening programmes. ...
SCREENING: What takes 10,000 women up to 35 years to achieve?
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, but medicine is at a loss to know how to treat it. Two recent studies reveal that screening can actually do more harm than good, and the increa ...
Make sure your doctor knows that just because you don't want a mammogram, it doesn't mean you don't want your breasts checked. You can tell your doctor you want a physical examination and to be ta ...
Although women are pressurized to have a cervical smear test, a major new official study shows it is ineffective. ...
