The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has published draft guidance in which it recommends against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer in healthy men.
USPSTF applies this recommendation to U.S. men who do not have symptoms that are highly suspicious for prostate cancer, regardless of age, race or family history. The task force concluded that scientific evidence does not support the common belief that PSA-based early detection of prostate cancer prolongs lives.
The findings of the two largest trials on the use of the screening highlight the uncertainty that remains about the precise effect that screening may have. The USPSTF concludes that there is moderate certainty that the harms of PSA-based screening for prostate cancer outweigh the benefits.
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USPSTF applies this recommendation to U.S. men who do not have symptoms that are highly suspicious for prostate cancer, regardless of age, race or family history. The task force concluded that scientific evidence does not support the common belief that PSA-based early detection of prostate cancer prolongs lives.
The findings of the two largest trials on the use of the screening highlight the uncertainty that remains about the precise effect that screening may have. The USPSTF concludes that there is moderate certainty that the harms of PSA-based screening for prostate cancer outweigh the benefits.
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