Stop PCa Testing After 75? No!

[Guest guest]

As folks may recall the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently

recommended that geezers over 75 years of age should not be tested for PCa

because it's a waste of money.

Here's another view from Duke University Medical Center:

" Public survey and survival data do not support recommendations to discontinue

prostate-specific antigen screening in men at age 75. "

" Conclusion: Men presenting to our PSA screening clinic disagreed with

discontinuation of screening at age 75. Men aged >or= 75 years had higher risk

disease and poorer survival. The USPSTF recommendation was supported neither by

public opinion nor disease risk and survival results. "

See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez and search on 19815259.

Regards,

Steve J