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Study: Physicians Don't Detail PSA Screening For Patients
Study: Physicians Don't Detail PSA Screening For Patients
MA Moon
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2009 Sept 28
Elsevier Global Medical News
Study: Physicians Don't Detail PSA Screening For Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Sept 28, MA Moon
Men who have undergone prostate-specific antigen screening or who have declined such testing say they often received only limited information about the test from their physicians, according a survey of a nationally representative sample of men in the general U.S. population.Only 21% of the men said that their physicians discussed the pros and cons of PSA screening and asked about their preference, as is recommended in virtually all guidelines from major professional organizations, the investigators...