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Paul six months later just to check in. so far, no regrets. >> i'm fortunate that we caught this thing early and i'm fortunate that we have, i think, a good plan to deal with it and manage it going forward. >> finally have a secure diagnosis and make a decision about what to do was very important to me as they say, so far so good. >> and joining me now, dr. otis who is chief medical officer of the american cancer society and a good friend of the program. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> i find this confusing as a physician. this idea of who should get screened with psa testin...

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...

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...

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