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Prostate Cancer Screening: Making Decisions Without Evidence

Posted on August 05, 2008

You re a modern patient. You want to look at all the information and make a rational decision about what to do. But when it comes to whether you should be screened for prostate cancer, the evidence is all too thin.New federal guidelines released yesterday said that for men 75 and over, the risks associated with screening outweigh the benefits. The guidelines also say that, for men under 75, there isn t enough evidence to say one way or the other whether screening should be recommended.It s clear that screening for other diseases, such as colon and cervical cancer, saves lives by catching...

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