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28.05.2012

When Should PSA Screening Stop? Doctors Cannot Agree


Prostate cancer is a slow-growing disease, and doctors are forever facing multiple barriers to discontinuing routine PSA screening. So, perhaps it is not surprising that consensus in the medical community on when to discontinue PSA screening is hard to achieve. Put simply, doctors are unable to agree completely when an old man should no longer be screened for prostate cancer. PSA stands for Prostate-specific antigen, it is a protein the prostate gland uses. Most of men's PSA leaves the body in semen. However, a small amount escapes into the blood stream...

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Fonte: healthnews.com
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