Prostate-specific antigen screening: An update of physician beliefs and practices.

Hall, Ingrid J; Rim, Sun Hee; Massetti, Greta M; Thomas, Cheryll C; Li, Jun; Richardson, Lisa C · Prev Med · 2017

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

PSA testing for early detection of prostate cancer decreased dramatically following the 2012 PSA screening recommendation against routine screening of asymptomatic men. In an assessment of the screening behaviors of primary care providers, the majority (61%) of family medicine and internal medicine practitioners who responded to a 2016 DocStyles online survey (608 of 1003) recommended prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing based on individual risk or other factors, rather than routinely screening all men for prostate cancer.

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