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Now. but the concern is that if it comes back elevated, it may lead you down the road, first anxiety, then biopsy and possibly treatment. and with treatment, again, you have significant potential risks, bowel dysfunction, bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, not insignificant numbers at all. so, i think that's the biggest concern here. >> so, bottom line is if you are african-american or have a very close relative who has had prostate cancer, you should probably get screened and screened earlier than 50? correct? >> yeah, that's right. and both the american urological association and the a...

Test and be counseled earlier, but at age 50, you know if you're worried about it if you are anxious about it for some reason, maybe you had a friend who had prostate cancer, maybe you had another cancer in your body and you've dealt with cancer, getting the psa test is an option for you. >> is there a danger in getting the actual screening test? what's the down side of getting screened? >> right. it is an interesting question because you have a test, let's stay comes back elevated. what you don't know is what that means exactly. could it just represent inflammation of the prostate, represent ...

Dealt with the cancer, get egg the psa test is an option four. >> there a danger in getting the actual screening test? why -- what is the downside of getting screened? >> right. it is an interesting question because you have a test, let's stay comes back elevated. what you don't know is what that means exactly. could it just represent inflam makes of the prostate, represent a very, very slow-moving cancer or might it represent an aggressive cancer? and the thing about this test is it simply cannot provide you that piece of information. we need a better screening test and we need to know how to...