PSA Screening Rates for Elderly Men Found Too High
15th Nov 2006, 00:44 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO -- Older men with limited life expectancies are getting screened much too often for prostate cancer, given the potential harm that may follow a positive test versus the likelihood of benefit, researchers here reported.
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