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Early detection of prostate cancer with PSA testing and digital rectal exam: https://www.hardingcenter.de/en/early-detection-prostate-cancer-psa-testing-and-dig
by DanBC 6y ago
Early detection of prostate cancer with PSA testing and digital rectal exam: https://www.hardingcenter.de/en/early-detection-prostate-cancer-psa-testing-and-digital-rectal-exam https://www.hardingcenter.de/en/early-detection-prostate-can...
> With or without screening, 7 out of every 1,000 men died from prostate cancer over a time period 11 years.
But in the screening group additional men were harmed by side effects of surgery.
- shard 6y agoI am not sure what percentage of patients still require surgery as opposed to the more modern radiation treatments. My father's radiation treatment was painless except for the placement of the 3 tracking markers in his prostate, and although his side effects were more severe than most, they have disappeared after 3 months. So if prostate cancer treatment does not affect eventual death from the cancer over 11 years, then the questions are whether the treatment improve QOL during the 11 years, and whether the onset is delayed within that 11 years.