"Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided. "
The government has also stated, "... only 25 to 35 percent of men who have a biopsy due to an elevated PSA level actually have prostate cancer". (see http://1.usa.gov/oEmRPr). That means the PSA test is PROBABLY WRONG up to 75% of the time.
See this Amp at http://nyti.ms/r37MXE
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