Government task force discourages routine testing for prostate cancer

Men should no longer receive a routine blood test to check for prostate cancer because the test does more harm than good, a top-level government task force has concluded in a final recommendation that immediately became controversial. Read full article >>

Prostate cancer and the PSA test: It's hard to understand risk

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new guidelines for prostate cancer screening — urging doctors not to use the popular PSA test to detect the disease.