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I can relay what I was told by my Mayo Jacksonville PCP on PSA tests.
He said several years ago medical professionals felt PSA test being done too much and giving false information and the consensus was to move to voluntary. Then statistics showed an alarming increase in stage 4 PC.
They were mistified and look a numbers and found out the drastic rise of stage 4 started when they moved from standard PSA test for men and certain age to voluntary started showing men showing up with stage 4 PC.
At least Mayo went back to doing the PSA test regurally at much lower age and really did then ongoing if was high or a rise in PSA test each time did. Mayo reported started finding PC is the early stages again and reduction of finding it at stage 4.
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@jc76 It seems men's health got the short end of the stick. In my view that was a foolish decision. I also blame men for not talking about their journey enough. It seems as if it is a shame thing. Want to watch a group of men squirm? Start talking about prostate cancer. Women can't raise enough money for BC. It is an endless resource.
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@jc76 that is what I was told for a bout 8 yrs ( when I got my physical from about 2014 onward) - "dont worry about PSA /Prostate cancer..if you get it and are over 65, they usually dont even treat it !"
Also a bike rider ( just 2-3 mi neighborhood rides usually x 2-3 times daily)