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Likely to be fatal. how to detect and stop that? dr. davis is with us now to find out more. great to see you. why should men know and those who most men know about prostate cancer, detecting and treating it. >> everyone is questioning whether they should go for screening or not. a few years ago there were some studies that confused everyone that maybe this test is not as good as we thought it is. this week we had a big study that came out of internal medicine thing that finally psa can reduce the risk of death a 30%, 25 to 32%. this is a great study because it takes a lot of confusion out. peo...

When to get the test. even the government chimes in. when should men start worrying about this? >> our organization advocates men over the age of 40 should check with their doctor. i was 47 when i was shockingly diagnosed with prostate cancer. we recommend them getting a psa test and a digital exam. >> doctor, does that agree with you as well? >> yes. in the u.s. we adopted psa screening with little evidence of benefit and didn't talk about the harms. in europe they did a much better job. the target group, 55-69 are the most likely to benefit.

Known as a psa test, a blood test. a high psa test leads to a biopsy to check for cancer or surgery and radiation therapy. about a year and a half ago said the psa test does more harm than good. think about that. that more men are hurt by complications from treatment than are helped from finding cancer early. that left a lot of us wondering, what now? mark is no stranger to a biopsy. he had three over the past 12 years as his psa level has gone up and up. but each painful procedure comes back with the same answer. no cancer. you might think he'd be happy, but it's complicated. >> every time i ...

>> vince's symptoms were very severe problems with urination, including pain when he was urinating, as well as pain within the bones of his pelvis, which he had attributed to just normal activity. >> sure, because when you're 44 years old or if you're in your 30s or 50s, you have pain, you just figure, well, maybe i worked out a little too much. and, in fact, that perhaps is what was going on with him. this backs up the suggestion that prostate cancer is not just an old man's disease. i read a story about a 37-year-old guy in houston and his doctor accidentally ordered a psa test and it came b...

America other than of course our own congress, men in congress and their staff because, of course, they've been exempted from some of the pain of the obamacare law. but older gentlemen who are on medicare, this bill takes a half a trillion dollars out of medicare to put individuals on medicaid. so they are subsidizing the medicaid. how this specifically affects men in that age group is through the rationing and the dictates that are going to come from the central planners who have already said that the psa test is not necessary for these men. >> elisabeth: wow. we want to know what you think, ...