@marymellen
14 years ago the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF),was the major federal panel that opposed routine Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) screening for all men.

This was because men were being over treated when they had a Gleason score of 3+3.

As you and your husband found out, this was a major mistake. We are seeing many men today, coming in with advanced prostate cancer cases that never used to be seen.

Today some doctors are making it difficult for men over 70 to get PSA testing, And that is the Group that is most likely to have prostate cancer. People are living longer, so stopping at 70 doesn’t make sense.

In the last few years, this idea that PSA testing wasn’t necessary, has changed and more men are getting it if they are under 70. If you’re over 70, you have to twist your doctors arms to get tested In many cases.

I was diagnosed 16 years ago at 62. My father died of prostate cancer at 88 so in my case, they were checking sooner. About five years ago, I found out I have the genetic problem BRCA2, Got it from my mother, That makes my cancer, much more aggressive. My brother got prostate cancer at 77 because of my father, He did not have BRCA2.

I’ve been fortunate that my cancer has been treated regularly and with the latest drugs available so I’m still alive after 16 years and doing well. That’s after four reoccurrences.

Sorry to hear about your husband. It’s more than too bad, makes one think doctors should be liable for mistreatment. Your husband was one of the victims of this decision by a major medical group that guides doctors on what their treatment should be.