USPSTF Recommendations on PSA-Based Screening for Prostate Cancer

May 17, 2018 – As reported in JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued updated recommendations on prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. To inform the recommendations, the USPSTF reviewed evidence on benefits and harms of PSA-based screening and treatment of screen-detected prostate cancer and commissioned a review of decision analysis models and overdiagnosis rate with PSA-based screening. The reviews also … (leggi tutto)