Word: tested
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...chose the wife, guess again. In the U.S., about 30% of men who undergo a biopsy after a mildly elevated PSA test have cancer, compared with just 20% of women biopsied after a suspicious mammogram. But there has been so much negative publicity lately about the limitations of PSA tests that most men don't realize how helpful they...
Much of the controversy stems from the test's effectiveness in early detection. But its greatest value lies in its ability to help men who already have prostate cancer--a value that was enhanced last week with the publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association of the first detailed study of the natural history of prostate cancer. Researchers from Johns Hopkins used data from the study to develop a formula that gives patients the most precise estimate yet of their chances of surviving a future recurrence...
...have significant side effects--effects that amount to a chemical castration. The men become impotent, lose muscle mass and develop osteoporosis. "Now we're seeing patients who have been on hormonal therapy for five, six, eight years with no sign of cancer in their body other than their PSA test," says Dr. Mario Eisenberger, one of the study's co-authors. Were they castrated for nothing...
...sounds complicated--and it is. But the more you learn about the PSA test, the better able you will be to make informed decisions about your treatment...
...that she didn't give it some serious thought. Mawn researched the best financial-real-estate programs, sent away for applications and took a prep course for the Graduate Management Admissions Test. But after seeking advice from senior woman executives in her company, including some with M.B.A.s, she decided to forgo the degree...