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For our US-based readers … It appears that Rep. Kucinich’s statements on his web site (reported on this web site a few days ago) are something of a political simplification of reality.
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The value of regular testing of increasingly elderly men and women for risk of cancer is controversial. However, a new paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine has certainly added to our knowledge of just how widespread such testing may be … at least in the USA.
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An article by a highly regarded specialist in medical oncology in the most recent issue of The ASCO Post discusses recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
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In addition to the formal letter submitted to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), and noted on this web site on Friday, the Prostate Cancer Roundtable has, this morning, also issued a media release, signed by the same 10 members of the Roundtable.
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Larry Axmaker is an 8-year prostate cancer survivor and very happy he had regular PSA screenings!
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This week’s issue issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes four perspective articles on the recent draft recommendation about PSA screening issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
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The following editorial commentary related to the USPSTF recommendation was published on Friday, October 13, 2011 on the UroToday web site and is reproduced here with the permission of UroToday. The commentary was written by Alan Wein, MD,
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Readers might want to read an article by Ralph de Vere White, MD, the Director of the UC Davis Cancer Center at the University of California Davis in Sacramento, California. Dr. de Vere White is a respected urologic oncologist known to have a strong commitment to shared decision making with patients on issues of cancer risk [...]
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According to a story on today’s Wall Street Journal Health Blog, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has canceled a meeting originally scheduled for November 1-2, when it was expected to re-vote on recommendations regarding the use of prostate cancer screening.
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According to a new article by Andy Pollack on the New York Times Health blog just before 1:00 p.m. EST today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has managed to add to public confusion about its process for what was originally described as public “comment” on current draft recommendations (regarding screening tests for prostate [...]
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