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What are the harms of getting tested?

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Eric Schwerin
<eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com> wrote:
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> http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/health/prostate-screening/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
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> Medical group to say men don't need prostate cancer screenings, source says
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> (CNN) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the group that told women
> in their 40s that they don't need mammograms, will soon recommend that men
> not get screened for prostate cancer, according to a source privy to the
> task force deliberations.
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> The task force is set to recommend a "D" rating for prostate specific
> antigen, or PSA, testing. Such a rating means "there is moderate or high
> certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the
> benefits," according to the group's website. The task force is set to
> propose this recommendation Tuesday, and then allow for a comment period
> before issuing a final recommendation.
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> According to a draft copy of a report scheduled to be released Monday, a
> review of studies shows screening with the PSA blood test results in "small
> or no reduction" in prostate cancer deaths.
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> The report adds that PSA testing is "associated with harms related to
> subsequent evaluation and treatments."
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> The PSA test can help determine if a man has prostate cancer. It is
> sometimes accompanied by a digital rectal exam.
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> CNN's Jennifer Bixler and Aaron Cooper contributed to this report.
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