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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 it's a simple blood test, and it's 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. i'm here today with dr. otis sprawly from the american cancer society and also dr. scott miller, who says not screening could cost lives. we'll get to that denit bait, but, first, i want to explain some of the reasoning behind the...

Urology gists really really angry. got hundreds of emails from men in 40s and 50s really upset how can u.s. task force come up with regulations. not putting i had guidelines. not get mammogram over the age of 50. now they are saying this is not a good test. as a result it's going to lead to a lot of confusion and a lot of issues. this is what we know about this psa test. we know it's not the most sensitive test for prostate cancer but that's all we have got. so to say not to get screened i think it's very irresponsible. this u.s. task force is a group of attorneys and family practitioners and ...

On your screen right now this is why getting a screening so necessary. every year some 30,000 u.s. men die from prostate cancer. psa screenings can detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages for psa test to save one man's life from prostate cancer 1,000 must be screened. that's what the government panel said this week. it costs money you have to screen 1,000 men to find one man that has prostate cancer that was their reasoning behind. this you think that is bologna. >> listen, clayton, what's the price of saving someone's life? one life who has a person who has a wife who has children. that...

what happened after that? >> sefrbl yecertainly years ago slight rise in psa from screening, and then i had more testing and had a slight rise in my psa, and the yourologist wand to do another biopacy, and i got extremely sick, even though i had antibiotics, i got a severe bacterial invection. my blood pressure went low, and i was hospitalized for four days in houston. >> you're okay now? that's all resolved? >> i'm fine. i had a heart rhythm problem afterwards as well, but now everything is fine. i don't have proskatate cancer. >> dr. miller, you hear a story like that, there are lo...

Welcome back, everybody. we turn now to a bombshell of a medical headline this morning. a panel of experts told doctors to stop using the blood test that's commonly used to treat men for or test men for prostate cancer. >> the psa test provides a warning about the possible presence of cancer but abc's dr. besser tells us why the risk may not be worth taking. >> it's one of the most common tests for men. a simple blood test to see if they have prostate cancer. why would anyone be against that? consider paul nelson. he's 51. when his psa came back high, he had his prostate removed right away. >>...