New prostate cancer screening guidelines – 2016

Here are the new updated guidelines from Cancer Council Australia and the Prostate Foundation of Australia. High powered document. Let us know what you think. A couple of my thoughts – please comment! 2016 Prostate Clinical Practice Guidelines on PSA Testing “Do not offer PSA testing at age 40 years to predict risk of prostate…

FOAM4GP Map – Prostate screening. “What do you suggest doc?”

Prostate screening is a complicated mix of opinions, evidence, emotions, and controversy. There are many stakeholders interested in appropriate prostate screening and it is a question we as Australian GPs get asked regularly about. So what do you do? What should you do? And what do you use to help make the decision with your…