Psa Screening News Today

Speakers discussed the disparities in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening rates among different racial groups and explored the potential of free PSA percentage as a predictive marker for future prostate cancer risk.

Congress can help save more lives by removing barriers to cancer screenings By David Ford, Member of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Twice. That is how many times I have had to battle cancer. I still consider myself very fortunate, although surviving a disease that is

Steps, big support. and youre going to be able to do it. melissa: why did you isolate sugar? you said isolate sugar levels. >> it is silent killer. they may be prediabetics or have diabetes and not know about it. just check blood screening. for men, get the psa screening. for women over the age of 50 get your colonoscopy done. screening saves lives. you may have diabetes or prediabetic, not know about it. getting fasting sugar, a 1 c. you may be thirsty, you may be tired and gaining weight. ting...

>> good morning to you. it is 22 minutes after the hour. here are quick headlines for you this morning. the mother whose toddler plunged off a train track in a stroller is speaking out this morning. she says she is grateful for all of the support and well wishes she has gotten. her 14 month old child was in that stroller suffering some bumps and bruises in that traumatic accident but is going to be okay. >> former democratic bp nominee john edwards is become in the spotlight. the senator is hitt...

New research suggests as many as one-third of patients who receive treatment for cancer may not have really needed it. this is alarming. what is going on here? >> a big study that was just published in the "new england journal of medicine" with a follow-up of 30 years. this topic has been very controversial and has been debated for breast cancer. we have had a huge debate for prostate cancer with psa. these two disease -- both breast cancer and prostate cancer are parallels. whatever we say is t...

Exists. the truth is we need to have that information without the psa screening. you are going to see more and more men die. >> they are worried about money. they think surgery is unnecessary. and if they feel it is not accurate enough they look at the price. >> but the psa is cheap. it saves money and tells you, you might have a problem with the prostate and i send a patient who doesnt do surgery right away. and you might follow a trend or look at mri. and more and more imaging and if you need ...

Free of charge ill study it and i will give them my own personal opinion about what to do. our way of giving back to the community and i know marc is involved in a lot of psa screening in his own practice. >> eric: marc, you should have the psa screening. >> jamie: what age. >> i feel strongly about this and september is prostate cancer awareness month and im doing a report and went to dr. samadis o.r. and i have never seen a surgeon better than him. he uses the robot arms like avatar, like his ...

controversial new position. the task force which says men should not be screened routinely for the psa test. as you probably know by now, it its a simple blood test, and its the only screen test for prostate cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men. the american cancer society supports these new guidelines and other groups do not. im here today with dr. otis sprawly from the american cancer society and also dr. scott miller, who says not screening could cost li...

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