Dr. Richard Ablin, the discoverer of PSA (prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme made by the prostate), says the annual bill for PSA screening in the U.S. is $3 billion, even though the test "is hardly more effective than a coin toss."
According to Ablin, the test does not detect the presence of prostate cancer. It merely shows how much prostate antigen a man has in his blood.
"Infections, over-the-counter drugs like ibuprofen, and benign swelling of the prostate can all elevate a man's P.S.A. levels, but none of these factors signals cancer. Men with low readings might still harbor dangerous cancers, while those with high readings might be completely healthy," he says.
A large majority of men with positive tests undergo surgery or radiation treatment, and many suffer for years, needlessly, from complications like incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
There is currently a bitter debate over whether healthy men should be screened for prostate cancer. In late 2011, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, a government advisory body, provoked a furor by recommending against screening, saying that far more men were harmed by unnecessary biopsies and treatments than were saved from dying of cancer.
Prostate cancer specialists say screening has declined since the task force recommended against it, but millions of men in the United States still get regular blood tests to measure P.S.A. As many as a million have biopsies each year, with about 240,000 prostate cancer cases diagnosed and 28,000 deaths, mostly of which could’ve been caused by the actual cancer treatments themselves.
The medical guess work & coin tossing needs to come to an end! And, our communities must begin receiving the truth if they are going to live out their full health and life potential. The first step on this journey is to order and read The pH Miracle Cancer by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young and learn the FACTS regarding cancer prevention, prostate health and the lifestyle changes you can apply that have been proven to prevent and reverse the creation of cancer cells. Remember the cause is the cure! Remove health habits that interfere with your body’s innate ability to keep itself cancer-free. You don’t have to be a victim.
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