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Subject: [Leica] OT PSA Screening: Has the Death Knell Been Sounded?
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:12:33 -0500
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As a practicing Internist, I deal with this daily.
I'd suggest an occasional PSA in the 50's and if normal, no further testing.
And here's an interesting condemnation of the current testing strategy; form 
the discoverer of PSA, no less:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/opinion/10Ablin.html

More testing is not always better.
And oftentimes the treatment causes more problems than the underlying 
disease.

Phil



On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> Needs login? How about an executive summary :-)?
> 
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> fyi
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>> 
>> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/752482?sssdmh=dm1.729585&src=nldne
>> 
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