Inside Your Health: Prostate cancer screenings
Inside Your Health: Prostate cancer screenings
More than a third of men over the age of 40 have a prostate cancer screening with a PSA test.
Still, experts agree it’s unclear if the benefits of the cancer screenings using PSA tests outweigh the risks, since abnormal test results often lead to unnecessary biopsy.
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that men who don’t have an abnormal test may have some new options.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Leah McLean sat down with KSTP health expert Dr. Archelle Georgiou to learn more.