Aging, demography, and the long-term risk for prostate cancer

A new report from the census bureau indicates that there is (as one might have expected) a rapid growth in the number of people in the US who are now living to 90+ years of age. It is also reasonable to expect that this demographic change has implications for the diagnosis and risk for prostate [...]

The man who wishes he’d never had the PSA test he demanded

There is an interesting article on Kaiser Health News today discussing the risks associated with “over-testing” of elderly and sometimes very infirm people who are at relatively low risk for specific chronic diseases, including prostate cancer.

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