Prostate Cancer

      The Great Prostate Mistake

      March 9th, 2010

      EACH year some 30 million American men undergo testing for prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme made by the prostate. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994, the P.S.A. test is the most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer.  The test’s popularity has led to a hugely expensive public health disaster.  It’s an issue I am painfully familiar with — I discovered P.S.A. in 1970. (more…)

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