Response to Stacy’s Post
You have an excellent paper Stacy that focuses on real issues offering facts and credible information from reliable sources. Prostate cancer has become one of the killing machines to men in society. I agree with your post that a strategy needs to be established to minimize the risk and reduce mortality without affecting healthy men. As indicated in your post, PSA testing during screening may not be the solution since both sick and healthy men may be below 4.0ng/ml. However, since it is the only available test at the moment, health care providers should understand and only test those who are at a higher risk of getting cancer. I suggest that you would offer a clear indication of the specific specialists who should offer cancer testing and the exert age that should not receive the test for the PSA test. In addition, offer a list of the disadvantages that come alongside cancer screening as well as the challenge of failure to take the test.
References
Howard, K., Salkeld, G., Patel, M., Mann, G.J., and Pignone, M.P. (2015). Men’s Preferences and Trade-offs for Prostate Cancer Screening: a Discrete Choice Experiment. Health Expectations, 18, 3123-3135. doi:10.111/hex.12301
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Prostate Cancer Foundation. (2019). “Prostate Cancer Foundation Statement on U.S. Preventative Services Task Force Updated Prostate Screening Guideline”. Retrieved from https://www.pcf.org/news/pcf-statement-on-2018-uspstf-final-recommendation-on-prostate-cancer-screening/ (Links to an external site.)
National Cancer Institute. (2017). “Prostate Cancer”. Retrieved from https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/psa-fact-sheet (Links to an external site.)
Response to Angela’s Post
You have come up with a well-detailed discussion that is educative and found on a well-conducted study from reliable sources. It is a fact that prostate cancer kills many due to a lack of knowledge of how to prevent it. Your post points out that it is not very safe to undergo screening, especially at a young age. However, it does not indicate the best approach of undergoing screening to decrease the mortality rate caused by prostate cancer. The discussion is educative and well-detailed. Nevertheless, most of your sources are more than five years old, an indication that they may not offer current information and up-to-date information. Most importantly, your discussion points out that screening for prostate cancer have uncertainties, risks, and advantages. I agree with you that men with at least 10 year life expectancy should be given an opportunity to make an informed decision after being taken through what to expect as a result of the screening.
References
American Cancer Society. (2019). “Can Prostate Cancer be found Early”. Retrieved from
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/detection.html (Links to an external site.)
American Cancer Society. (2019). “Key Statistics for Prostate Cancer” Retrieved from
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/about/key-statistics.html (Links to an external site.)
Albertson, P.C. (2015). PSA Controversy has Practical Implications. Urology Times, 43(1),6.doi: 10.1016/UTA.43.20.15.60.2014.12x
