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Ask a Doctor: Should I have a PSA test?
Since May 2012, when the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, patients have asked whether or not the PSA test is a good option for catching prostate cancer. By the numbers In 2011, there were 242,000 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States and about 28,000 prostate cancer deaths. In …