[metmom]

There was a piece in the Reader's Digest a few years ago that covered this. It was about over rated and unnecessary procedures and tests. It also slammed PSA testing which now is falling from favor.

PSA is simply a blood test and is not nearly as invasive nor as risky as a colonoscopy.

Also, a diagnosis should not be made on just one PSA test.

[pfflier]

The overall necessity of PSA tests is in question. The American Urological Association has some thoughts on that here:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260087

I got stampeded into a prostate biopsy. Interestingly, my primary care and urology doctors were not convinced that I needed it but wound up recommending it because that is a "belt and suspenders" for them against the 2% odds of a missed diagnosis.

Since then, I have been on routine observation for almost 20 years with no changes in anything else...and not a single PSA test since that one.