80 Percent or More of Men Aged 70 or Over Die WITH—But Not FROM—Prostate Cancer.
Posted on July 08, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
Millions of men over age 50 rely on the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, test each year in screenings for prostate cancer. In October Stanford University urologist Thomas A. Stamey made headlines when he declared that the test is not a reliable predictor of cancer.
Back in 1987, Stamey was among the first to suggest that the level of PSA, a protein normally produced by the prostate gland, might be useful in detecting prostate cancer. But based on an analysis of more than 1,300 prostates removed over the past 20 years, Stamey reported in the October issue of the Journal of Urology that the PSA test is currently predictive of cancer in only 2 percent of cases. Because of the increase in screening and detection of prostate cancer over the past two decades, he now says a higher PSA level may most often reflect a harmless age-related increase in prostate size. [Read More]
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