Prostate tumors are mostly slow growing and can sit there unnoticed and without symptoms for 20 to 30 years. That's probably the reason why there's no controlled evidence showing that PSA detection of cancer has had any effect whatsoever in reducing prostate disease, or in reducing deaths from prostate cancer. As explained above, existing evidence points in exactly the opposite direction.
In sum, the PSA predicts as many non-existent cancers as it does real cancers, and misses most of the real cancers anyway. Despite all this hard evidence, The American Cancer Society (which positions itself as a medical authority, but is not) recommends the PSA, and has been largely responsible for the growth in use of this inaccurate and soul-destroying test. And some uninformed medicine men take it as gospel.
On the other hand, the International Union Against Cancer advises against routine PSA testing. So does the Canadian Task Force on Periodic Health Examinations. The official health authority in the US, the Preventive Services Task Force, came down solidly against the PSA in its Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, and does not recommend its use.
Thumbs down on the PSA, however, doesn't mean you can forget about your prostate. Latest figures show that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths of American men. You definitely don't want BPH progressing into cancer. And there are ways to prevent it. If you have the beginnings of a waterworks problem, or even the anticipation that you will develop one in the future, read on for the details.
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