JUNE 8: NZ DOCTOR: Some 50 per cent of men diagnosed via a PSA test would never experience symptoms if left untreated, says a NZ epidemiologist who has analysed the large randomised studies reported recently. READ MORE>
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PROSTATE SCREENING: PSA benefits small, ‘if they exist at all’
Posted in Checkups, Diagnosis, Doctors' advice, Govt prostate policy, Mis-diagnosis, NZ Media coverage, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PSA tests, Public health system, Screening debate, tagged asymptomatic men, blood test, blood tests, Brian Cox, cancer research, Dunedin School of Medicine, Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology unit, large randomised studies, Mary Jane Sneyd, medical checkups, NZ Doctor, NZ epidemiologist, Otago University academic, over-diagnosis, Over-treatment, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate symptoms, prostate treatment debate, prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA test, Screening debate on June 8, 2009| Leave a Comment »
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