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As regular readers know, I began questioning prostate cancer screening when I launched HealthBeat, back in 2007.  Since then, skepticism about the effectiveness of PSA testing has snowballed.

Over at his HealthNewsReviewBlog  Gary Schwitzer quotes Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society  (ACS)  “taking the gloves off” on prostate cancer screening:

“I’m very concerned,” says Brawley. “There’s a lot of publicity out there—some of it by people who want to make money by recruiting patients –that oversimplifies this—that says that ‘prostate cancer screening clearly saves lives.’ That is a lie. We don’t know that for sure . . .”

Brawley goes on to say that the ACS is very concerned about the number of clinics that offer mass screening without access to  “informed decision-making”—which gives a man “the truth” about the risks of screening . . .

He adds: “We’re not against prostate cancer screening. We’re against a man being duped and deceived into getting prostate cancer screening.”

To view the video, click here to go to Schwitzer’s website.

Read More: http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2010/10/american-cancer-societys-brawley-prostate-cancer-screening-clearly-saves-lives-thats-a-lie.html