Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf is on the TV circuit talking up his latest cause: Getting all men over 50 tested for prostate cancer. Schwarzkopf was himself diagnosed with this disease five years ago, and credits prostate surgery with saving his life. While Schwarzkopf’s efforts are well intentioned, unfortunately, they are also misguided.
With the introduction of a simple blood test called Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in the late 1980s, the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer has dramatically increased. This year, an estimated 180,000 American men will be told they have prostate cancer.
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