PSA Testing Gets A Boost

An important doctors' group is breaking with other leading medical experts and continuing to recommend PSA testing for prostate cancer. Not only that, the group is actually lowering the age at which it recommends men start getting the test. PSA testing has become one of the most controversial issues in health. Many men routinely undergo the blood test to try to spot prostate cancer early. There's no question the screening can do that, but many doctors have begun to challenge routine PSA testing because it often leads to unnecessary biopsies and treatment for a cancer that may never be life-threatening. Prostate cancer is often so slow growing that it never actually causes problems. Two major studies released last month fueled doubts about PSA testing when they failed to find clear evidence it reduced the chances of dying from prostate cancer. But the American Urological Association begs to differ in its