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Yes, it is frightening indeed ! We tried to be very discreet with my husband's diagnosis but told to couple of very close friends. Both man went to GP to ask for PSA test and one got the order ( he is 50 years old ) and the other (60 years old) was told that it is "not necessary and that number does not mean anything" (???) so he ordered test himself and payed for it in local lab. The second doctor is actually lady in her 40-ies and works in prominent establishment here in the Bay Area (PAMF), so I was flabbergasted.
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Tell me about it. I told three different PCPs about my family history and asked for screening in my mid/late forties. They told me not to worry and one of them cracked up. A ccouple of years later I was diagnosed with Gleason 8.
I’d avoid a woman doctor in the Bay Area for any men’s issues
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The USPSTF made a blanket recommendation *against* routine PSA screening in 2012, but then backed off (most of the way) in 2018 once the results started coming in. Unfortunately, many doctors got the first memo but missed the second. 😢
They still recommend against routine PSA screening at age 70 or above, which I think is wrong-headed (since men are living longer now, and there are more treatment options).