AUA counters mainstream recommendations with new best practice statement on PSA testing
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
LINTHICUM, MD, April 27, 2009--The American Urological Association (AUA) today issued new clinical guidance - which directly contrasts recent recommendations issued by other major groups - about prostate cancer screening, asserting that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should be offered to well-informed, men aged 40 years or older who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years.