What Doctors Don't Tell YouPSA: A test too far and wide
PSA: It's a test that has had its day
Screening for prostate cancer is surrounded by controversy - and with good reason. Although deaths due to prostate cancer have gone down since 1985, when the PSA test
New evidence suggests that men with early signs of prostate cancer are being missed because screening techniques are inadequate. ...
The 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 ...
Increased prostate screening is causing a wrong diagnosis in up to 44 per cent of men, a new report has discovered.
Regular readers will know that the PSA (prostate specific antigen) test is one of the most useless in the whole armoury of medical procedures. It's, at best, a poor predictor of prostate cancer, and is very unreliable when it comes to picking up...
One of the reasons given for the so-called advances in the war against cancer is that doctors are now screening for cancer, and so are able to detect and treat it earlier. This belief has become so entrenched in the medical mind that no amount of...
The prostate is a walnut-sized organ that sits invisibly between the rectum and scrotum, close up against the bladder. It surrounds the urethra,
It’s true to say that most men die with prostate cancer rather than from it. It’s now the most prevalent cancer in men, having overtaken lung cancer, but it’s also one of the most benign. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the...
