Cáncer de próstata,¿ utilidad del PSA ?

Ausencia de beneficio, en el screening de cáncer de prostata con PSA.
Al parecer el uso de éste antígeno para detectar pacientes en riesgo de padecer cáncer de próstata no disminuye la mortalidad por éste cáncer y sí aumenta el número de intervenciones innecesarias.

Medical News: No Mortality Benefit Seen from PSA Screening – in Oncology/Hematology, Prostate Cancer from MedPage Today http://ht.ly/8ltcK

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