Regular prostate cancer screening is the first step for men to stay away from the dangers of the disease

A panel of experts from the United States government recommends that healthy men not undergo regular prostate cancer tests. Currently, millions of men in the United States undergo this test every year.

The Disease Prevention Services Task Force, which advises U.S. health agency officials, says a simple blood test called PSA may do more harm than good for healthy men.

Experts from this working group say that PSA tests cannot distinguish between non fatal and fatal prostate tumors, so many men receive unnecessary treatment, leading to sexual dysfunction.

However, some American urologists have strongly questioned the recommendations of the working group, arguing that many men may die of prostate cancer due to not taking a PSA test.

In the United States, approximately 30000 people die from prostate cancer every year.

Men over the age of 50 have an increased risk of prostate cancer. However, prostate cancer usually develops slowly, and many people die of other diseases before they know they have prostate cancer.

Relevant information: PSA is a tumor marker of the prostate. If it is significantly higher than the normal value, it is necessary to check the prostate for B-ultrasound or biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Statistics show that the false positive rate of PSA testing is as high as 30%. In other words, PSA tests found that one-third of men with abnormalities did not have prostate cancer at all. This is because serum PSA can also increase in the following cases: prostatitis, urinary retention, severe digital rectal examination, prostate trauma, prostate biopsy, which can last for 6 weeks. Sexual activity can also increase the level of PSA, mainly because the contractive activity of the prostate during orgasm will cause a large amount of synthesized PSA to enter the bloodstream. Therefore, patients should be unable to have sex for at least two days before undergoing a PSA examination.