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The recommendation to not do widespread PSA testing is extremely controversial. Also, as an individual, you should make decisions for yourself, not based on som
by jrpt 2y ago
The recommendation to not do widespread PSA testing is extremely controversial. Also, as an individual, you should make decisions for yourself, not based on some population-wide study.
I think you should always do regular PSA testing, but don't automatically follow it up with a biopsy if it's not that high (just slightly elevated). Instead, do a second-line test like a 4Kscore test, and/or look at your PSA velocity, or look at PHI (Prostate Health Index) scores. Basically, the assumption that "anything over a certain cutoff should be biopsied" is dumb and they should actually just do second-line tests before biopsies, for borderline scores.