Prostate Cancer Testing Resource Guide

Find out how a test for prostate cancer may lead to unneeded treatment.

ByABC News
March 11, 2009, 2:49 PM

March 11, 2009— -- New research is adding fuel to a debate in the medical community about who should be screened for prostate cancer. Results of a new study published in the current issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggest that between 23 percent and 42 percent of prostate cancers identified by prostate-specific antigen testing may be so slow-growing that treatment is unneeded.