Are annual prostate tests a waste of time?
March 25, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It may be heresy to say this. But, just as there’s a debate about how effective breast self examination is, there’s now a similar debate about annual prostate cancer screening.
The National Cancer Institute has issued a press release discussing a new report from a study by the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. It says that “6 annual screenings for prostate cancer led to more diagnoses of the disease, …read more




