Screening men for prostate cancer can save lives, but it depends on who is screened along with understanding that not all bad results are evidence of disease.
A new study from the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle, Washington shows screening might be better for men in "high risk" groups, as opposed to those in "low risk" groups. The issue is that some tests show "false positives", which in some cases have resulted in aggressive treatment for patients that turned out not to have an advanced prostate cancer, if any at all.