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New Swedish data on screening - the Goteburg Study

There is an excellent commentary on the latest study on the vexed subject of screening on The New Prostate CancerInfolink at The New Prostate CancerInfolink No doubt it will be the subject of much debate because although it claims to demonstrate that screening does have the potential to save lives, it also highlights the aspect of overtreatment.

And, I think these three points are worth bearing in mind

The Göteborg study: 44 men died of prostate cancer in the screening group compared to 78 men in the control group.

The Göteborg study: The total numbers of deaths in the two arms of the study were almost identical, at 1,981 in the screening group compared with 1,982 in the control group.

As Dr Willet Whitmore said all those years ago: Growing old is invariably fatal while prostate cancer is only sometimes so.

All the best

Terry in Australia

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