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Growing doubts over standard prostate cancer test (AFP)

The American Cancer Society (ACS), which does not recommend the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test — a standard screening for men since the 1990s — has urged doctors to speak to their patients about its risks and its limits.(ACS) In a commentary in The New York Times, Richard Ablin of the University of Arizona said the screening tool he [...]