Prostate cancer screening

New York, March 19: Prostate cancerdefinedefine screening, supposedly a measure to pick out most vulnerable malignancies, may actually expose men to potentially needless treatments bearing seriou

While earlier studies strongly recommended an annual screening for PSA (prostate-specific antigen), latest results warn that such test can leave men impotent and incontinent.

The first study, an American trial, analyzed health status of nearly 77,000 men. While half were randomly assigned to undergo regular PSA screening and physical examinations, an open option, to undergo or not to undergo PSA tests, was given to the other group. Only half in the second group went ahead with regular PSA screening.