What is prostate cancer? Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, and is most prevalent in older men. In it, cancer forms in the prostate, or the gland in the male reproductive system found below the bladder and in front of the rectum. While doctors have not definitively determined what causes…
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What About My PSA?!
Recently the USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) made a recommendation against ANY man getting a PSA for the purposes of detecting prostate cancer. This unleashed an enormous amount of media attention which unfortunately is quite confusing for the average man. Why would such a recommendation be made and what actually is the controversy behind "screening…
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