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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Prostate Cancer Screening
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Daniel M. Frendl, M.D., Ph.D.
If your practice includes middle age and older men, you’ve very likely diagnosed prostate cancer. It’s the most diagnosed non-skin cancer in men in the U.S. Its incidence rises with age, with a median age of around 66 years. When found early, prostate cancer is very treatable, and in most cases, curable. Prostate specific antigen, or PSA is very effective in detecting early prostate cancer, but its use has been controversial due to the risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. What...