We need better ways to find the dangerous prostate cancers early, avoid treating harmless ones, and figure out who really needs testing based on their personal risk.

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Optimising the use of the prostate- specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care: report from a UK clinical consensus

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2024 Aug

This study gathered doctors and patients to agree on the best way to use the PSA blood test, and they all said we need to do better at finding dangerous prostate cancers early and avoiding unnecessary tests — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Optimising the use of the prostate- specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care: report from a UK clinical consensus

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DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0586

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