Pros and Cons of PSA Screening Test for Prostate Cancer

USA Today

At first glance, deciding whether to get the PSA screening test for prostate cancer seems pretty straightforward.

It's a simple blood test, and it can pick up prostate cancer long before symptoms appear. After all, the earlier cancer is treated, the better, right?

But studies have failed to find a lifesaving benefit of the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening. Many of the cancers it detects are so slow-growing that they might never have caused problems. And their diagnosis via biopsy, and treatment, can be worse than the disease itself... Read More