Excellent article, fennec ; thanks for the link ! Annamargaret1886 make a valid point - it is important to remember that a technique such as screening can do harm as well as good. As to hip54’s comment, just what are the recommendation for prostate exams in the United States - does general screening for prostate cancer take place there (excluding, of course, those of the between 40 and 50 millions uninsured in that country who come equipped with a glandula prostatica) ? We don’t do general prostate screening here in Sweden as the liabilities are judged to outweigh the benefits. Myself, I’d hesitate to recommend it to any man - including me - who is symptom free and without a family history….
Excellent article, fennec ; thanks for the link ! Annamargaret1886 make a valid point - it is important to remember that a technique such as screening can do harm as well as good. As to hip54’s comment, just what are the recommendation for prostate exams in the United States - does general screening for prostate cancer take place there (excluding, of course, those of the between 40 and 50 millions uninsured in that country who come equipped with a glandula prostatica) ? We don’t do general prostate screening here in Sweden as the liabilities are judged to outweigh the benefits. Myself, I’d hesitate to recommend it to any man - including me - who is symptom free and without a family history….
Henri