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The unsavory extrapolation of the "science" of the PSA test beyond its capabilities to serve as a harbinger for the recurrence of prostate cancer for: i) the purpose of screening asymptomatic men for prostate cancer and ii) a medical community too quick to biopsy and treat, were the initiating events. These events followed by clever marketing of PSA test manufacturers; the media, through high-profile political, entertainment and professional sports figures "get tested, get diagnosed, get treated" and well-intended but ill-informed urologists, screening proliferated to a "fevor which would not disgrace a medieval inquisition". The consequence systematically devastated the quality of life of millions of American men and their families, and depleted our healthcare system of precious resources at an annual cost of $3 billion for a test that cannot do what it is purporsed to do. Most assuredly the widely known principle in medicine: Primum non nocere (First do no harm) was lost in the tsunami of manipulating science for personal and financial gain. The answer of how we got to the present "the almighty bloody dollar" becomes clear. Nonetheless, it is instructive, lest history repeats itself, we look at the facts – pro and con of PSA screening as they developed the past almost 50 years.
Information on participating / attending:
Please register until 28th of June at: https://www2.bbaw.de/anmeldung-psa
Date:
07/05/2017 19:00 - 07/05/2017
Registration deadline:
06/28/2017
Event venue:
Akademiegebäude am Gendarmenmarkt
Leibniz-Saal
Markgrafenstraße 38
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Medicine
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
06/13/2017
Sender/author:
Gisela Lerch
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event57777
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