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Thursday, September 19, 2002Challenging the worth of this blood test raises strong emotions. Earlier this year the British Medical Journal printed an article by two American clinicians, Gavin Yamey and Michael Wilkes, who had questioned the value of PSA screening in a US newspaper, arguing that it was unreliable and caused people to have radical, debilitating treatment when they didn't need it. They described how they had been vilified as a result - they were accused of "geriatricide", bombarded with angry phone calls and their university was urged to fire them. "There is a widespread belief," they concluded, "that screening really does make a difference . . . but it is a belief driven by politics and not evidence." posted by Sydney on 9/19/2002 06:41:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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