At least a fifth of men aged 75 to 84 are having PSA tests every year, with little reason for it, experts say.
A study led by the Cancer Council NSW, due to be presented at the COSA’s annual scientific meeting in Perth next week, has found self-reported health status was the only factor that predicted which older men underwent testing.
Those who reported fair or poor health were twice as likely to have a PSA test compared with those who did not, based on the study of a random sample of 212 older men.
Education, area of residence, smoking status and diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia did not affect men’s likelihood of having a PSA test.
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