PSA test better predicts cancer in men taking prostate-shrinking drug

Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 09:40 in Health & Medicine

The PSA screening test for prostate cancer is not perfect. It can indicate cancer when none is present and miss life-threatening tumours. But a new study suggests the test is more reliable in men taking dutasteride (Avodart(R)), a drug widely prescribed to shrink an enlarged prostate gland...

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