On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:57:19 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> "Graham" > wrote:
>
>> What about PSA? IME, few public systems pay for that in spite of it being
>> more effective as a cancer screen than mammograms.
>> Graham
>
> PSA and TPSA have been shown to be NOT 100% reliable. That's probably
> why. The digital exam is generally more accurate, if "unpleasant".
> Take it like a man. The "annual indignity" for females is no less
> "uncomfortable". :-P

but women grow up having doctors (and others) sticking doodads up their
whatnot. men at fifty are more squeamish about it.

your pal,
blake