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A 8 page literature review that discusses the controversy surrounding prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer. The writer discusses various issues. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
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and questioned the value of PSA screening, the organization was bombarded by irate emails for daring to challenge the popular wisdom that all men should be aware of their PSA
levels (Frenkel, et al, 2003). Medical organizations on either side of the Atlantic, as well as either side of the US/Canadian border, have examined the same data and arrived
at totally different positions for their recommendations in regards to PSA screening. Even within countries, opinions differ. The US Preventive Services Task Force is opposed to PSA screening, but the
American Urological Association recommends it for all men over 50 and the American College of Preventive Medicine feels that men should be informed of the test so that they can
make informed decisions. It is a confusing issue. The following literature review looks at specific aspects of this controversy before offering conclusions. Outline the case definition of the topic
that is most commonly used in the literature: By this requirement, the write/tutor assumes the student researching this topic is referring to the debate/controversy that has centered on the advisability
of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for all middle-aged men. There is no doubt that PSA screening has become widespread over the last twenty years, but while this has led to
an increase in the early detection of cancer, as well as detection of a "migration to lower-stage and -volume tumors," it remains unknown if PSA screening directly cause declines in
mortality rates from prostate cancer (Thompson and Ankerst, 2007 p. 1853). Physicians in the US have tended to attribute the decline in the prostate caner morality rate to an
increased prevalence in PSA-based screening, but the Canadian Urological Association, as well as the majority of European medical expertise, maintained the position of discouraging this practice, as they argue that
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