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PSA Screening: How can we get physicians to follow best practice?

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer is controversial. Experts have suggested more personalized or more conservative strategies to improve benefit-risk tradeoffs, but the value of these strategies—particularly when combined with increased conservative management for low-risk cases—is uncertain. A new study published on JAMA suggests that for PSA screening to be cost-effective, it needs to be used conservatively and ideally in combination with a conservative management approach for low-risk disease.

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Posted in Clinical Highlights prostate cancer, PSA, screening

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