Prostate cancer hits one in six American men in their lifetimes, though
in most cases it progresses so slowly that it would never cause
problems. PSA tests can give an early warning of prostate cancer. But
PSA tests also give many false alarms, prompting more than one million
unnecessary biopsies every year. And when prostate cancer is found, more
than 80% of men opt to have surgery, radiation or hormone therapy that
sometimes leaves them incontinent or impotent, even though their cancer
was probably never life-threatening.
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