Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

A study out of the the UK shows that the decision to seek treatment does not affect mortality rates of prostate cancer. Rob is joined by Dr James Dickinson, professor of family medicine and community health sciences at the U of C who conducted a study earlier this year showing PSA screening is not as effective as we thought. You can see the whole study from the UK here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220#t=article%20 You can see the U of C study here:https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2016-03-02/study-finds-psa-testing-does-not-change-prostate-cancer-mortality-rates   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices