As we have already reported in this recent post, there has already been some professional criticism of the US Preventive Services Task Force Policy advising against routine prostate cancer screening.
It was with interest that I read two commentaries from prostate cancer expert Dr. Gerald Chodak which address some of these criticisms.
The first point Dr. Chodak makes is that the criticism is almost exclusively focussed on the men who MIGHT miss out on 'potentially curative therapy' and ignores all those men who are actually being harmed by screening and treatment.
On his website ProstateVideos.com, Dr. Chodak has created a checklist of facts about prostate cancer in the form of a prostate cancer screening consent form which can help to put the current 'debate' into perspective and is well worth reading.
In his second commentary, Dr. Chodak refers to and recommends the following CNN article written by psychologist Dr. Charles Raison who talks about the mental health side of PSA screening:
The Danger of Fearing Cancer
