I'm a health editor: my husband's prostate cancer screening results surprised me

Posted by wslh 16 hours ago

I'm a health editor: my husband's prostate cancer screening results surprised me(www.telegraph.co.uk)

7 points | 3 comments

trashface 15 hours ago|

In the US, I highly doubt any insurance would pay for a prostate MRI in a 51 year old with a PSA of 1.1, negative finding on DRE and no family history of the disease.

wonkydonkey 11 hours ago|

Is that a good thing?

Who gives a damn what "any insurance would pay for"?

I am interested in if any doctor's medical opinion would recommend the screening. (And I'm here for a discussion of the corrupting influence of the insurance industry on such 'recommendations', but then you're still back at the initial issue: for profit healthcare)

comrade1234 15 hours ago|

Are psa tests really a luxury? And an mri seems like overkill when you can just measure the prostate every few years with a sonogram… I only skimmed the article.