Prostate Cancer Screening Remains Highly Debated

Only 17% of top-ranked consumer health websites advise against screening for prostate cancer, a recommendation made more than 2 years ago by the US Preventive Services Task Force, according to a study presented at the 2014 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

In an Internet search for the phrase "prostate cancer screening" on 3 main US search engines, study researchers found that most sites appearing on the first results page recommended a patient-individualized approach to screening.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men besides skin cancer, affecting one in 7 American men over their lifetime according to the American Cancer Society.¹ Screening, which is routine testing in the absence of symptoms, can detect prostate cancer early. Screening tests for this cancer are the prostate-specific antigen blood test, a digital rectal exam, or both.

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