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Decision Aids Minimize Complexities of PSA Test

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Decision aids are important tools in ensuring patients understand the medical choices they face. Our decision aid "Is a PSA Test Right for You?", takes a look at the same medical evidence that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently reviewed, and highlights what the evidence tells us about the PSA test's benefits- which are uncertain or limited for many men- and the harms of treatment if a screening results in a prostate cancer diagnosis. Continue reading →

Foundation's Response to USPSTF Final PSA Testing Recommendation

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published their final recommendation on PSA testing in an Annals of Internal Medicine article this week. The panel advises against PSA-based prostate cancer screening for men of all ages. The rationale for this recommendation is based on the panel’s moderate certainty that the potential harms outweigh the benefits for all age groups. Based on clinical evidence from two large randomized trials evaluated by the panel, at most 1 out of 1,000 men screened will avoid dying from prostate cancer over 10 years, while many more men will be left with permanent disabilities from their treatment, such as incontinence (18 in 1,000) or impotence (29 in 1,000). Continue reading →

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One Man at a Time -- Resolving the PSA Controversy

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Who should decide about screening for prostate cancer: expert panels of clinicians and methodologists, primary care clinicians, specialists, or fully informed patients themselves? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently released a draft recommendation on screening for prostate cancer, designed for primary care physicians and health systems, and has opened if for public comment until November 8, 2011. Continue reading →

Posted in Special Populations | Tagged American Cancer Society, Mary McNaughton-Collins, NEJM, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, PSA, USPSTF | Permalink

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[Everyday Health] Is the PSA Test Right for You?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

"What, then, is the answer? Mary McNaughton-Collins, MD, MPH, a Harvard Medical School professor and physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Michael Barry, MD, president of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, think the PSA test should be a decision that each man makes with his doctor based on his specific risk factors and circumstances."

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[The Boston Globe] Healthy Men Told to Skip Prostate Test

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"Dr. Michael Barry, a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and president of the Boston-based Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, said he broaches PSA screening with his patients in their 50s and 60s, discussing the risks and benefits, and will continue to do so. 'Although the benefit is small, the magnitude is in the eye of the beholder,' he said.

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