Furthermore, the effectiveness of this test based on the PSA is discussed, as explained in the article published in February 2012 in Sciences et Avenir (see below). In 2010 HAS had already rejected this screening for the general male population. Since then, an American expert has criticized the inefficiency of the PSA test for cancer […]
Faced with this cancer, the situation is complex and controversial former. As for “for”, urologists are the physicians, who consider that this test, coupled with a digital rectal examination, represents an additional opportunity to detect early cancer localized aggressive and treat. These specialists have so long recommended screening for over 50 years. But in the […]
To understand the issues of this bitter confrontation, we must bear in mind the two main reasons behind the discord: The first is the nature of the test: contrary to what one might think, the protein PSA is not specific for prostate cancer, but simply of the prostate gland. In other words, the rate can […]
But the results from the monitoring of large sets of population, always heavy to implement, have been slow. Concerned, however, some practitioners have sounded the alarm, like Prof. Jacob Cukier, former urologist at theNeckerHospital(Paris) who signed in 1997 an article entitled Prostate cancer: a plea for weighting. The benefits of early diagnosis remain to be […]
However, the European study, with follow-up on nine years of almost 163,000 men, showed that the effectiveness of screening remained very modest, the authors have calculated that it would identify 1410 men and treat 48 to avoid a … one death from cancer. A “public health disaster” But it is ultimately theU.S.findings of the USPSTF […]
The problem is that, despite ongoing research, we do not yet have tools to distinguish the latent forms of aggressive forms of cancer ( see details in the full article ). “It is true that in recent years, small cancers that could wait may have been treated in excess, we realized,” acknowledges Dr. Patrick Coloby. […]
“In fact, the discourse of urologists has gradually evolved. The “recommended for all men over 50 years” of the early 2000s has given way to a “case by case approach,” “taking into account the characteristics of cancer, prostate, and of course the patient also his personal choice. That is why that we need a fair […]
It remains to get the message to the general public. “It is clear that the failure to recommend such screening may be misunderstood, admits Dr. Dupagne because some men, among those who will not identify by choice or no incentive to do so, will develop cancer . When they know they can blame the doctor […]
Some men prefer to measure their PSA levels to defuse their anxiety, even at the price risk of exploration and treatment. Others, instead, opt for abstention. However, some data may be crucial. Family history or African ancestry, for example-two known risk factors-guide easier to carry out the test, the decision obviously depending on the quality […]