Prostate Cancer Screening Drops Dramatically in Middle-aged Men (VIDEO)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

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PSA testing has dropped significantly in middle-aged men after a 2012 recommendation that all men should not be routinely screened for prostate cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, published as a research letter online, focused on the use of PSA -- prostate-specific antigen -- to screen for prostate cancer.

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Henry Ford Health System and Brigham and Women's Hospital

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