In the wake of yesterday’s publication of two major studies on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer — one finding that it didn’t save lives and another finding that it did — American men may be wondering if the test is still worth taking.
The studies, published in the New England Journal of [...]

Updated government guidelines take a dim view of prostate cancer screenings at any age and flatly recommend against them entirely for men over 75.
The over-75 rule “is much more explicit than any recommendation out there right now” for using the prostate-screening antigen (PSA) test, said Dr. Michael L. LeFevre, a member of the U.S. Preventive [...]