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0 pointskazinator2y ago0 comments

> That's what they've found with PSA--it kills (via treating things ...)

I'm not sure what PSA you're referring to. The Prostate-Specific Antigen PSA is something secreted by the body, and not a treatment, so it can't be that one.

Are you referring to overdiagnosis (via PSA or any other screening), resulting in overtreatment?

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LorenPechtel2y ago

PSA is also commonly used to refer to the test that measures the PSA level.

And, yes, it's treatment of things that weren't actually going to kill the patient. It's been known for quite a while that doing the test for screening produces no increase in life expectancy.

What this study is saying is that the same problem seems to apply to most other cancer screenings.

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LorenPechtel2y ago

PSA is also commonly used to refer to the test that measures the PSA level.

And, yes, it's treatment of things that weren't actually going to kill the patient. It's been known for quite a while that doing the test for screening produces no increase in life expectancy.

What this study is saying is that the same problem seems to apply to most other cancer screenings.

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