Critical Care

Physicians Hesitant About Stopping PSA Tests
Recent recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force advising elimination of routine PSA screening for prostate cancer in healthy men are likely to encounter serious resistance from primary care physicians, according to a new survey. More...06 Jun 2012
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