Saturday, October 8, 2011

Federal panel discourages PSA test for prostate cancer

A federal advisory panel wanted to figure out whether widespread PSA testing saves enough lives to justify the considerable medical fallout of the test. The panel said no, for several reasons. Here are some facts about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's draft report, released Friday, that recommended against routine use of the PSA test. 

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