Sixty seconds on . . . PSA testing

Sixty seconds on PSA testing
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That old chestnut? Or should I say walnut?

Yes, it’s another study on whether prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing could be a screening tool for prostate cancer.

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Don’t we already know the answer?

Well, the UK National Screening Committee doesn’t currently recommend screening for prostate cancer with PSA tests because it says it is unclear if the benefits outweigh the harms.1 But, because of an ageing population and more PSA testing, more men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Between 2001 …



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