Overdiagnosis since introduction of prostate cancer screening
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 08:07
in Health & Medicine
The introduction of prostate-antigen screening, or PSA, has resulted in over 1 million additional men over the last 23 years being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer - most of whom were likely overdiagnosed, researchers reported in a new study published online 31 August in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...