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Old 11th Oct 2019, 16:05
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RatherBeFlying
 
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My MD gives me a blood work and urinalysis sheet every year. I told him to leave off the PSA test as at my age it just becomes more common without serious consequence. Diagnostic procedures and treatment are in many cases worse than the pathology.

The High Prevalence of Undiagnosed Prostate Cancer at Autopsy: Implications for Epidemiology and Treatment of Prostate Cancer in the Prostate-Specific Antigen-Era

Of course YMMV. Family history is relevant.
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