Saturday 19 December 2009

Prostate Cancer Screening

Prostate cancer only affects men, I include some links for comparison on information and screening offered to women.

UK prostate cancer screening advice
http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/prostate/index.html

"Don't get screened for prostate cancer"
http://open.salon.com/blog/amytuteurmd/2009/03/18/dont_get_screened_for_prostate_cancer

Added 1 Jan 2010
Screening men for prostate cancer in general practice: experiences of men receiving an equivocal PSA
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=B07186AAE8346419B6B624624CD47D23.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=528496

Added 22 Jan 2010
Discussion of pros and cons of prostate screening
http://www.blacktriangle.org/blog/?p=1830

Added 22 Jan 2010
Study on public knowledge of pros and cons of prostate and breast screening
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/djp237

Added 12 Feb 2010
Decision making on the subject of prostate screening
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-goetz/making-good-decisions-abo_b_450091.html