The Wall Street Journal published a very interesting article today with a debate on PSA testing between Richard Ablin, the person who discovered the prostate-specific antigen in 1970, and Oliver Sartor, Medical Director at Tulane Cancer Center in New Orleans. To read the entire article pelase go to: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444301704577631431570809256.html#
Urology Austin believes that while PSA is not a perfect test,
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In a comprehensive study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, PSA screening was shown to reduce the mortality rate of prostate cancer by 29 percent. The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), representing more than 1,800 urologists, stated that today’s study confirmed what urologists and other healthcare providers have known for years—that PSA-based screening is a critical,
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In a previous post we issued a call to action for folks to protest the recent downgrade of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to a “D” status. Urology Austin shares the AUA’s strong conviction that PSA testing to detect prostate cancer can and does save lives, and we continue to recommend that men who expect to live at least 10 more years have this test done.
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