Studies cast doubt on prostate cancer screenings
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 02:22
in Health & Medicine
The tests rarely save lives, researchers say, and treatment can cause more harm than the potential tumor. Whether to screen men for prostate cancer has been a controversial topic for at least 20 years. Many clinicians have believed that finding a tumor early and cutting it out is the best possible way to treat prostate cancer, just as it is for most tumors.