QUICKLINKS AND VIEW OPITONS

EMAIL THE ARTICLE BELOW TO A FRIEND

Email address of your friend:
(For example: myfriend@aol.com)

Your name:
(Example: Lori Jones)

Your email address:
(For example: lorijones@aol.com)

Subject:

Message:
Here is a summary of article I thought you might be interested in. American men have 16% chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, but only 3% die from it “Prostate cancer may get a lot of press, but consider the numbers: American men have a 16 percent lifetime chance of receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer, but only a 3 percent chance of dying from it,” said Richard J. Ablin, PhD, a research professor of immunobiology and pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and the president of the Robert Benjamin Ablin Foundation for Cancer Research, who discovered PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in 1970. “That’s because the majority of prostate cancers grow slowly.” “In other words, men lucky enough to reach old age are much more likely to die with prostate cancer than to die of it. Even then, the test is hardly more effective than a coin toss.” He wrote this in an Op-Ed in The New York Times in 2010 which was titled The Great Prostate Mistake. Here is the link to the entire article. http://www.fatnews.com/index.php/5614

American men have 16% chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, but only 3% die from it

“Prostate cancer may get a lot of press, but consider the numbers: American men have a 16 percent lifetime chance of receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer, but only a 3 percent chance of dying from it,” said Richard J. Ablin, PhD, a research professor of immunobiology and pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and the president of the Robert Benjamin Ablin Foundation for Cancer Research, who discovered PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in 1970.

“That’s because the majority of prostate cancers grow slowly.”

“In other words, men lucky enough to reach old age are much more likely to die with prostate cancer than to die of it. Even then, the test is hardly more effective than a coin toss.”

He wrote this in an Op-Ed in The New York Times in 2010 which was titled The Great Prostate Mistake.

Posted by: Admin2 on Aug 26, 2014 - 11:25 am

© Copyright 2003-2021 - Larry Hobbs - All Rights Reserved.

SEARCH THIS SITE

CONTACT US

CATEGORIES

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVE SUMMARY

RSS / XML

QUICKLINKS AND VIEW OPITONS

EMAIL THE ARTICLE BELOW TO A FRIEND

American men have 16% chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, but only 3% die from it