A 60-year-old man with no urinary symptoms asks about PSA testing for prostate cancer screening. He has no family history and is at average risk. Acco...

Question

A 60-year-old man with no urinary symptoms asks about PSA testing for prostate cancer screening. He has no family history and is at average risk. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, how should you respond?

Accepted Answer

Advise against routine PSA screening but discuss if he raises it and explain potential harms and limited mortality benefit

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Strongly recommend annual PSA testing

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Offer PSA testing every 2 years as standard of care

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Automatically order PSA and digital rectal examination

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Recommend digital rectal examination alone without PSA

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Prostate cancer screening

A 60-year-old man with no urinary symptoms asks about PSA testing for prostate cancer screening. He has no family history and is at average risk. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, how should you respond?