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Are Age-Based Criteria the Best Way to Determine Eligibility for Prostate Cancer Screening?
- Badrinath R. Konety, MD, MBA;
- Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH; and
- Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH
- From University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143.
TO THE EDITOR:
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (1) again tackles a difficult subject in updating their recommendations for prostate cancer screening. The most substantial change in the new guideline is the grade D recommendation against screening men age 75 years or older because of a perceived lack of benefit for prostate cancer treatment in these older men. We would argue, however, that rather than adopting rigid age-based stopping criteria for screening, the medical community should pursue a more nuanced approach to screening, diagnosis, and treatment across all …
