I heard on the radio yesterday that the doctor who created the prostate test is livid, since the test was never meant to diagnose potential cases — it was focused on existing cases.
Kind of like how the inventor of the COVID test felt that it should not be used for screening purposes.
Here’s what ChatGTP says:
Yes, Dr. Richard J. Ablin, who discovered the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in 1970, has expressed concerns about the widespread use of the PSA test for prostate cancer screening. He believes that the test is not a reliable indicator of prostate cancer and can lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Dr. Ablin has argued that the PSA test should not be used as a routine screening tool for prostate cancer.
On the other hand
(anecdotal) I had a PSA test. Popped a 12. Biopsy showed early-stage cancer. The biopsy gave me a 4+3 Gleeson score.
PET scan showed the cancer in a small part of the prostrate.
Had radiation treatment.
I’ll be alive to see my grandkids at least go to school.
Don’t use ChatGPT+BS, do your own homework using source documents.
Regardless of what Dr. Ablin says, the PSA is an effective tool for diagnosis. Just like A1C is an indication of diabetes. Not an absolute, rather it gives doctor’s an indication. I know from my own personal experience because in Jan 2023, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The ONLY reason we looked further was because of an elevated PSA result. I had NO other symptoms. And it wasn’t just a matter of a little bit of cancer that other men in their mid-60’s have, rather the pathology results after my prostatectomy showed that the cancer was aggressive, Stage 3.