American Cancer Society’s Brawley: “Prostate Cancer Screening Clearly Saves Lives: THAT’S A LIE.”

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As regular readers know, I began questioning prostate cancer screening when I launched HealthBeat, back in 2007.  Since then, skepticism about the effectiveness of PSA testing has snowballed.

Over at his HealthNewsReviewBlog  Gary Schwitzer quotes Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society  (ACS)  “taking the gloves off” on prostate cancer screening:

“I’m very concerned,” says Brawley. “There’s a lot of publicity out there—some of it by people who want to make money by recruiting patients –that oversimplifies this—that says that ‘prostate cancer screening clearly saves lives.’ That is a lie. We don’t know that for sure . . .”

Brawley goes on to say that the ACS is very concerned about the number of clinics that offer mass screening without access to  “informed decision-making”—which gives a man “the truth” about the risks of screening . . .

He adds: “We’re not against prostate cancer screening. We’re against a man being duped and deceived into getting prostate cancer screening.”

To view the video, click here to go to Schwitzer’s website.

 

7 thoughts on “American Cancer Society’s Brawley: “Prostate Cancer Screening Clearly Saves Lives: THAT’S A LIE.””

  2. The anechoic effect described on hcrenewal will make sure that this truth is ignored.
    However, reducing the reimbursement for the PSA screening and the subsequent treatments would change everything.
    Pick your battles carefully …

  3. At the same time, Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, ACS’ deputy chief medical officer is defending the American Cancer Society’s position on early breast cancer screening

  4. I agree with Dr. Brawley that the data supporting PSA screening are soft. But prostate cancer is not the same as breast cancer; these distinct kinds of malignancy differ in the screening methods, treatments and mortality rates.

  5. Lets just let this men know why there is a need for prostate cancer screening, they them the pros & cons of it & then let them decide if they want to be screened or not.

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