AUA Recommends Against Routine Prostate Cancer Screening – AAFP

In a significant about-face, the American Urological Association (AUA) recently published clinical guidance that recommends against performing all routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer, as well as all screening in men older than 70, men younger than 40 and average-risk men ages 40-54.

via AUA Recommends Against Routine Prostate Cancer Screening — AAFP News Now — AAFP.

Life insurance companies will undoubtedly continue to run PSA tests.  Think about how long it took us to stop ordering CXR’s.