The web site for comments about the PSA test to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is finally back in service and ready for your comments. Last night their site collapsed (I am hoping as a result of the overwhelming number of comments). The site is back up and taking comments. Make sure [...]
It is important that we all add comments to the “Opportunity for Public Comment – Screening for Prostate Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement DRAFT at the following URL https://web.archive.org/web/20111210163948/http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org:80/uspstf%5Fform3/ I chose to make the following comments: […]
It has been in the news so I am sure that you are aware that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has prepared a draft recommendation against prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. FYI the USPSTF has posted their draft report on their website which you can view here: https://web.archive.org/web/20150112043820/http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org:80/uspstf12/prostate/draftrecprostate.htm The Task [...]
This particular topic may be the most important. A few have tried to put the discussion about its importance on the table (ref. this document published by the AUA back in 2005), but perhaps old habits die hard? General cancer conferences are mandated by the Commission on Cancer (CoC). You can’t be a community cancer [...]
Over treatment is the big issues thrown out there in any discussion about why men shouldn’t screen. So a couple of years ago the concept of Active Surveillance began to gain broader conceptual adoption. It’s generally considered to be a good smart option for maybe as many as half of men who are diagnosed, provided [...]