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To: metmom
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.

45 posted on 10/11/2022 10:39:13 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

They caught mr. mm’s cancer before it got a chance to metastasize.


46 posted on 10/11/2022 11:25:49 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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