Edward Weber, M.D., Medical Oncologist explains why PSA testing is important. Prostate cancer screening has become controversial since a government committee, called the United States Preventative Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine PSA-based screening in 2012. This recommendation was based on a flawed study and there still remains much disagreement within the medical community regarding the merits of screening. Many professional medical societies, including the American Cancer Society and American Urologic Association still recommend some form of prostate cancer screening, although patients should discuss with their doctors the merits and drawbacks to screening. Learn more at the www.pctrf.org.

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Prostate Cancer Free Foundation. Increasing Knowledge - Building Hope. Edward Weber, M.D. Medical Oncologist, Prostate Cancer Results Study Group.

So... is getting a simple blood test for your PSA no longer necessary? A Federal government agency called The United States Preventive Service Task Force thought so when in 2012 it recommended no more screening with the PSA test. The consequences of this misguided recommendation are already being seen. More men are being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Following their recommendation could greatly shorten your hope for a long life. A late diagnosis of prostate cancer, a cancer diagnosis after it has already spread, is a cancer that is not curable, and is a killer. Early awareness of your PSA value gives you the best chance for cure, or at least a shot at controlling the disease and bypassing very unwanted symptoms. Most people do not need yearly testing, but each man should have a baseline test starting at age 45, or a first test at any age, to see where he stands with this disease. Further testing can then be individualized based on that first result. Maybe you will never need another test, or maybe a test only every five years or so. So get tested. Your family will be proud of you and you will be glad you did.

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