Here’s an age-old question: do too many men have prostate cancer? Or, rather, are too many men being treated for it — a condition in which most of them die with than from?

In a study of American men that lasted from 1985 and 2000, the researchers found that between 23 percent and 42 percent of prostate cancers identified by PSA testing are so slow-growing that they probably would never have posed a health threat. 

The PSA test the news article speaks of is a screening mechanism which is almost universally applied toward the workup of prostate cancer. While the test, itself, is straightforward in its function and ultimate meaning, it is what is done with its results that is creating a political firestorm among factions within the healthcare dogma of cancer screening and detection. Perhaps we should apply the principles of implied consent before anyone is tested with the PSA. | LINK

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