Treatment may be more harmful than helpful after the age of 74
(NEWSER) - Physicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in the patient's lifetime.But the treatment itself may be debilitating, causing impotence or incontinence, the New York Times reports. More»
