| George Conklin 2004-09-21, 3:27 am |
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"Gutbuster" <dont-stare@me.dot> wrote in message
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> <joisey@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Pardon my interjection but - isn't that basically the same thing? Why have
a
> biopsy if you definitely don't have cancer? So, surely a PSA is to detect
> cancer thus the need for a biopsy if positive.
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The article states that basically any excuse to biopsy will find cancer,
almost at any age. But will it change survival? So far, no evidence
because the effect seems to be very small, if there is any at all.
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