Tag Archives: prostate cancer

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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Over-treatment of prostate cancer shows the cost of fee for service medicine: Gavin Mooney

March 22, 2009 – 9:23 am

Professor Gavin Mooney, health economist, writes:
Just 10 days after my Crikey article expressing concern about the lack of information I received from urologists about the probabilities of various outcomes following a raised PSA level for testing for prostatic cancer, lo and behold I have the information!
And it is good news for me – and not [...]

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How to get some answers on the PSA test and prostate cancer screening

March 9, 2009 – 2:13 pm

Gavin Mooney wrote in Crikey today about the frustrations of trying to get some useful answers to his questions about the merits, or otherwise, of PSA screening for prostate cancer.
Thanks heavens for the internet; in cyberspace you don’t have to rely on finding a doctor who’s up to date with the latest evidence and with [...]

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