On 2017-11-24 8:08 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2017-11-24, graham > wrote:
>
>> My point in raising the subject is that all you guys who post here
>> should get a regular check-up and PSA test. And ladies, persuade your
>> husbands to do the same!
>
> I recently read a book written by the inventor of the PSA test. It
> was a book exposing how the US mecical community has highjacked the
> PSA test for it's own greed and the test is no longer truly valid.
> This from the inventor! After reading this book, I know I will never
> get a PSA test.
>
> <http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2010/03/the-doctor-who-invented-psa-test-calls-it-a-profitdriven-public-health-disaster-why-this-is-good-new/>
>
> nb
>
OTOH it has been shown to be a more reliable indicator of prostate
cancer than the mammogram is of breast cancer.
The death rate from PC has dropped in this area and the drs at the local
PC Centre (funded by a couple of wealthy oil men who copped it)
attribute this to PSA screening. In fact they have a converted motor
home called "The Man Van" that they drive to shopping centres etc
offering PSA tests.
Statistics show that the argument for screening is weak but statistics
are marvellous - until you become one!!!!