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In fact, the chief medical officer, who i just talked to earlier today, said he did not get screened at age 50 because he did not see the virtue. with regard to high-risk groups, people who have a family history, and what that specifically means they had a first-degree relative who had prostate cancer below the age of scpive, broth 65 or brother or father, or african-americans, they should get the screening test and be counseled earlier. if you are anxious about it for some reason, maybe you had a friend who had prostate cancer, make you have another cancer in your body and you dealt with it, ...

And this psa test, this blood test, the results are much more mixed than that. they are sort of in four big studies around the world, only one of which showed modest improvement in survival. three showed no improvement in survival by getting that prostate-specific test. >> so, if it's true there isn't any benefit for psa testing, why should anyone get screened at age 50? >> right. and that is a very good question. let me be very clear here. this is confusing, as you warned. and not everyone agrees on that, including major organizations. what you're talking about here is specifically, american ...

Antigen testing, they are sensitive in picking up some sort of abnormal knit breast or prostate but not goods a specificity, meaning being able to tell what the abnormality is. that is the starting point. the difference is there is a fair amount of evidence, nine big trials around the world with regard to ma'am mogg graph neigh shows ma'am mogg graph, if i early screening does save lives and that is the outcome that people are trying to measure. with regard to prostate cancer and this psa test this blood test, the results are much more mixed than that, they are sort november four big studies 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 ...

Been led to believe that prostate cancer screening can save your life. let's talk to "360's" m.d. sanjay gupta. how is this different from the mammography guidelines that stirred up so much controversy last year and caused so much confusion? >> with regard to mammography and psa, prostate specific antigen testing, they are sensitive in picking up some sort of abnormality in breast or prostate but not good at specificity, meaning being able to tell what the abnormality is. that's the starting point. the difference is there is a fair amount of evidence, nine big trials around the world with rega...