Prostate Cancer Screen Test Flawed, Experts Say

A screening test for prostate cancer taken by millions of men every year is not terribly accurate and not even the best result ensures that a man is cancer-free, experts said on Tuesday.They found the standard prostate-specific antigen, or PSA test, produces many false positives and false negatives -- meaning some men who think they do not have cancer actually do, while others may undergo uncomfortable biopsies only to learn there is no tumor after all.

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