New York (OTL) - According to an American advisory panel known as the Preventive Services Task Force, men who are 75-years old and up do not need to go through routine prostate cancer screenings.
The report was released by the Preventive Services Task Force, which stated that men who are 75 or older because evidence is sufficient that the test would do more harm than good for the elderly in this age group.
The federal agency which issued the recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, “could not find adequate proof that early detection leads to fewer men dying of the disease.”
prostate cancer is nothing to take lightly. It’s the most common cancer in American men, diagnosed in about 220,000 men each year, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men.
These side effects include bowel problems, incontinence, and others.
Advocates for the prostate cancer screening have argued that it does save lives.
Those against it though state that prostate cancer grows so slow, that in most cases it does not require treatment.
PSA screening test results in over-diagnosis rates ranging from 29 percent to 44 percent of all prostate cancer cases.
Men who are younger than 75, according to the Preventive Services task Force, should talk to their doctors to discuss their risks, to see if there is a benefit from the screenings.