http://www.smh.com.au/national/men-urged-to-persist-with-disputed-prostate-test-20111007-1ldno.html
Men urged to persist with disputed prostate test
Julie Robotham
October 8, 2011
AUSTRALIA should not follow a forthcoming US recommendation against testing apparently healthy men for possible prostate cancer, experts say, but concentrate instead on ensuring those who do receive the test are treated with scientific rigour.
In a move set to inflame already polarised debate on the question, the influential United States Preventive Services Task Force is expected to say next week that men should not undergo the prostate specific-antigen blood test, which measures a protein secreted by the gland. ''Unfortunately, the evidence now shows that this test does not save men's lives," Virginia Moyer, the chairwoman of the task force, told The New York Times. "This test cannot tell the difference between cancers that will and will not affect a man during his natural lifetime. We need to find one that does."
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