UAB Cancer Center, urologists affirm men should take lead in deciding prostate screening
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 22:56
in Health & Medicine
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Men who undergo prostate-cancer screening should discuss with a doctor the uncertainties, risks and benefits of the test before it is performed, says Edward Partridge, M.D., president-elect of the American Cancer Society (ACS) National Board of Directors and director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center.