An edition of Great Prostate Hoax (2014)
Great Prostate Hoax
How Big Medicine Hijacked the PSA Test and Caused a Public Health Disaster
By Richard J. Ablin,Ronald Piana
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Publish Date
2014
Publisher
St. Martin's Press,Palgrave Macmillan
Language
eng
Pages
272
Description:
Reveals how fear-based and inaccurate testing is resulting in unnecessary high-risk surgeries, arguing that the PSA test was never intended for prostate cancer screening.
subjects: Prostate, cancer, United states, history, 20th century, United states, history, 21st century, Prostate-specific antigen, Diagnostic use, Cancer, Early detection, Prostate, Diagnosis, Adverse effects, Prostatic Neoplasms, Early Detection of Cancer, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, History