Tag Archives: prostate cancer screening

Congrats to Catalyst

October 2, 2009 – 11:45 am

If you missed Catalyst on ABC Television last night, there were two excellent reports that are well worth taking the time to watch.
This investigation of the prostate cancer screening debate was much more helpful than the sort of media coverage that we so often see of this fraught issue (and which I’ve been guilty of [...]

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For another view on prostate cancer screening…

September 24, 2009 – 10:48 am

Right now, right around the country, well-meaning community groups, including men’s health groups, are out on the hustings, urging all men of a certain age to be screened for prostate cancer.
There are many potential downsides to such simplistic messages.
You can read more about some of them in this article, published today in the SMH and [...]

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The retrospectoscope and the prostate

March 26, 2009 – 1:01 pm

Unlike most diagnostic tests, the retrospectoscope is universally reliable, even in the hands of a journalist like myself.
With the benefit of the retrospectoscope, it now seems so obvious. What were we thinking, expecting that there suddenly would be miraculous clarity around the vexed issue of prostate cancer screening, just because some randomised controlled trials were [...]

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