Some men may get too many PSA tests
Written By: Reuters Health
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Published - Sep 7, 2010
Men who have undergone surgery to treat earlier stage prostate cancer may not need to keep up yearly PSA tests to screen for a cancer recurrence, a new study suggests.
Instead, researchers say, men who have a low risk of cancer recurrence can safely get less-frequent PSA screening — every two years, or even less often, in the longer term.
If that idea were widely applied, it would change the long-term follow-up care of a substantial proportion of men treated for prostate cancer.