Thoughtful PSA Screening in the Elderly: Context is Everything

PSA Screening in Prostate Cancer

Introduction: Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in Iranian men. PSA(prostate specific antigen) screening is a controversial issue because PSA screening leads to diagnose of patients with low risk prostate cancer who not only do not benefit from treatment but also suffer from complication caused by treatment. On the other hand, without prostate cancer screening, the rate of meta...

Perspectives on context Context is everything

Mina Bissell: Context is everything

M ina Bissell has never been afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, whether on a woman's role in the laboratory or on how a cell's context determines its function. Bissell came to the US from Iran to study chemistry at Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe Colleges, before pursuing a PhD in bacteriology at Harvard Medical School. She moved to California for her postdoc in virol-ogy, before joining the Lawr...

PSA screening among elderly men with limited life expectancies.

CONTEXT Most guidelines do not recommend prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in elderly men who have limited life expectancies because the known harms of screening outweigh potential benefits. However, there are no large-scale studies of actual PSA screening practices in elderly men, according to life expectancy. OBJECTIVE To characterize the extent of PSA screening among elderly men, i...

PSA mass screening: is there enough evidence?

Prostate cancer plays an important role in widely understood aspects of men's health, and is becoming a growing problem in terms of public life. Prostate cancer is one of the most common neoplasms among men. Male patients can live with prostate cancer for a long time so it is important to offer appropriate males adequate diagnostic tools and treatments. Prostate cancer and PSA potentially repre...