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Truth. >> so if a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer what are the possible treatment options? >> there are lots of options out there and that again makes this kind of a difficult disease to deal with. there is radiation, there is surgery. there is a drug where there's been some evidence that perhaps it works in very, very early stages at preventing prostate cancer. and different men make different decisions about treatment and different decisions about screenings. so, actually, i think the most helpful thing for a man to do is go to cnn.com/empowered patient and we asked for male doctors, w...

Study suggests when it comes to prostate cancer, less may be more. >> senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has details. what did this study find? >> they found a lot of men may be operating under misconceptions. a lot of men think you need to get prostate screening every single -- for some men, for many men that is not true. what this one study found if you get a prostate screening test called a psa test and it is under 3, you may not need annual screening. in fact, you may be able to wait several years before your next screening. i can't emphasize enough how importance it is for patie...

Annual test, psa test. >> jamie: the night before the test. >> no sexual activity 24 hours before the test because that can interfere with your blood test that's important. >> jamie: we don't want that to happen. we want accurate tests. >> absolutely. >> jamie: for father's day suggest the test. >> suggest the test, if you have prostate cancer look, it's not a death sentence, there are many options, you have the high-tech robotic surgeries that can save your sex life, quality of life and cure you from prostate cancer. >> jamie: good news, men's health questions, e-mail awes men's health@foxnew...

What should you do, a lot of people don't like the psa test because when it comes back positive, and you have a cancer, and you get a biopsy and get treated, and it is a big deal and the fact is, that many men with prostate cancer, can live their lives with it. it is very, very slow-growing. and, is not dangerous. so, what they are recommending now and it may not be a bad idea. is for men 70 years and older, don't -- shouldn't get the psa test, because, if it comes back high, it doesn't matter, mostly for them. they will be able to live the next ten or whatever years they have. so, i don't kno...

And, there is no reason not to have it. the cost is not like a -- expensive x-ray or mri, it is a cost of a glove and i can tell you in my own experience, over the years. that i have detected not only prostate cancer, but, recollect call cancers and i really disavow the recommendation, from the american cancer society. now, the psa test is a blood test, which indicates the presence of cancer. it is sometimes -- it sometimes goes up when there is an infection and the first thing the doctor does, when he finds a high psa is treat you for a urinary tract infection and the debate about the psa is ...