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Ben Stiller and Prostate Cancer
Ben Stiller and Prostate Cancer
By now, you likely have heard: actor/comedian Ben Stiller, 50, divulged this week that he was treated for prostate cancer.And he credits a controversial early screening test for saving his life.Stiller wrote about his personal experience on Tuesday for the website Medium."The bottom line for me: I was lucky enough to have a doctor who gave me what they call a 'baseline' PSA test [prostate specific antigen] when I was about 46," he wrote.
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Ben Stiller Encourages Men to Get Prostate Cancer Screening, but Should They?
Ben Stiller Encourages Men to Get Prostate Cancer Screening, but Should They?
Despite actor Ben Stiller's recommendation, many medical professionals are still skeptical about men undergoing a once common screening for prostate cancer.This week, Stiller wrote an essay in which he stated the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test saved his life.Two years ago, the star of such movies as "Night at the Museum" and "Meet the Fockers" was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 46.Stiller said he was diagnosed because "my internist gave me a test he didn't have to." The actor had no history of prostate cancer in his family, had no symptoms, and is not a member of a high-risk group.
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New Prostate Cancer Screening Rules Fail to Curb PSA Testing
New Prostate Cancer Screening Rules Fail to Curb PSA Testing
The number of PSA tests ordered in the U.S. to screen men for prostate cancer hasn't changed in recent years, despite new guidelines that say men shouldn't get this test, a new study finds.Researchers analyzed information from more than 275,000 men who visited the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center between 2010 and 2015.The researchers were looking to see whether the number of PSA tests ordered changed after 2012, the year when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (an expert panel that advises the federal government) recommended that men not undergo routine screening for prostate cancer with the PSA test, no matter their age.The test, which is a blood test, was not reliable enough at detecting prostate cancer in men who had it, and also gave too many false positive results in men who didn't have it, the task force had concluded.
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