The announcement that WB has stage one prostate cancer again emphasizes the importance of PSA blood test for prostate cancer screening and the EARLY diagnosis of the disease while still treatable for cure. His diagnosis at this early stage could not have been possible without PSA screening. Prior to the era of PSA prostate cancer screening, 80% of the patients that I diagnosed with prostate cancer were already stage 3 or 4 and not treatable for cure. When President Obama had his recent annual exam, a PSA prostate cancer screening was done. Enough bad press about the uselessness of PSA prostate cancer screening! I can assure you, WB will NOT die of prostate cancer.
Dudley S. Danoff, MD, FACS
Tower Urology