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A government panel on Monday recommended that healthy men skip a widely used screening test for prostate cancer, concluding the harm caused by the PSA blood test outweighed its benefits in all age groups. Based on evidence from two large randomized

The United States Preventive Services Task Force issued their final recommendation on the PSA prostate cancer-screening test Monday, recommending against routine PSA exams for men of any age.

'I was diagnosed with a PSA that began to rise,' he says. Now a federal task force is recommending against blood tests that measure PSA for all The blood test used to detect prostate Cancer, known as PSA screening, has been a source of controversy for

Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good. Despite protests from urologists, the US Preventive Services Task Force is sticking by a

'I was diagnosed with a PSA that began to rise,' he says. Now a federal task force is recommending against blood tests that measure PSA for all The blood test used to detect prostate Cancer, known as PSA screening, has been a source of controversy for