Guidelines regarding recommendations for PSA screening for early detection of prostate cancer are conflicting. In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) assigned a grade of D (recommending against screening) for men aged ≥75 years in 2008 and for men of all ages in 2012...
The results define the need for more educational opportunities for primary care providers regarding the USPSTF statement, American Urological Association guidelines and identification of patients appropriate for prostate specific antigen screening.doi:10.1016/j.urpr.2016.04.003Alexander Miller...
Screening for prostate cancer: the current evidence and guidelines controversy. Prostate cancer presents a global public health dilemma. While screening with prostate specific antigen (PSA) has led to more men diagnosed with prostate c... Leonard,G,Gomella,... - 《Canadian Journal of Urology》 ...
The recommendation by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in October that no man receive prostate-specific antigen (PSA)–based screening for prostate cancer was as welcomed by primary care physicians as it was denounced by many urologists. Now, “I probably won't be entering a disc...
needed to be invited to screening to prevent one death from prostate cancer,” Hu said. “If you look at breast cancer for women aged 50 to 59, it takes 1,339 women to be screened to prevent one death. So, relatively speaking, this is mor...
I could have missed my cure window. The uneasiness about screening guidelines began to sink in. As a physician I had done my best to apply screening guidelines to myself and resist the urge to over-test, even with a healthy dose of natural curiosity. Yet I failed to resist screening, an...
Study: PSA screening declining in post-USPSTF eraRichard R. KerrUrology Times Enews
The effect of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's controversial grade "D" recommendation regarding PSA-based screening for prostate cancer "has been minimal at best,&rddoi:http://urologytimes.modernmedicine.com/node/387990Benjamin P. Saylor...
PSA Screening: The USPSTF got it rightIn his book, How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America, Otis Brawley writes, "I believe that a man should know what we know, what we don't know, and what we believe about prostate cancer. I have been concerned that ...
de Riese, Cornelia S.Cammack, James T.Urology PracticeMiller A, Yates J, Epstein MM, et al. Impact of 2012 USPSTF Screening PSA Guideline Statement: Changes in Primary Care Provider Practice Patterns and Attitudes. Urology Practice. 2017;4:126-131....