Why I Win;t Get Screened for Prostate Cancer

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: John Horgan <jhorgan () stevens edu>
> Subject: Why I Win;t Get Screened for Prostate Cancer
> Date: June 15, 2017 at 9:54:49 AM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>, John Horgan <jhorgan () stevens edu>
>
> Dave, I thought your list might find my latest Scientific American post interesting. Cheers, John Horgan
>
> Why I Won’t Get a PSA Test for Prostate Cancer
>  
> I recently had an awkward conversation with my doctor. I was getting a routine physical, and he recommended that I 
> get a PSA test for prostate cancer. I’m 63. I told him the PSA test harms more men than it helps. He acknowledged 
> that PSA tests produce false positives, but he insisted that follow-up tests and biopsies will determine whether you 
> really have a life-threatening cancer. He knew someone whose life had just been saved by the test. When I still 
> declined to get tested, he looked as though he felt sorry for me. He should feel sorry for the millions of men who 
> have gotten unnecessary biopsies, surgery and radiation as a result of taking the PSA test...
>
> Continue at https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/why-i-wont-get-a-psa-test-for-prostate-cancer/ 
> <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/why-i-wont-get-a-psa-test-for-prostate-cancer/>​
>
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