Recommendations from the BC Office of Health Technology Assessment.
The BCOHTA does not make recommendations or set policy; rather, we report on the evidence. Our message is clear: For asymptomatic men, there is no evidence that annual or semi-annual PSA testing will do any good. There is substantial evidence that PSA testing will lead to considerable harm.
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BC Office of Health Technology Assessment, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver.
D001955:British Columbia; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D012007:Rectum; D015996:Survival Rate; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014463:Ultrasonography
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen