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Title The great prostate hoax : how big medicine hijacked the PSA test and caused a public health disaster / Richard J. Ablin, PhD ; with Ronald Piana.
Author Ablin, Richard J., 1940- author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press LLC, 2014.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  362.1969 ABL    Check Shelves
 Southwest  362.1969 ABL    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description x, 262 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The jungle -- A decision I thought I could live with -- What the bleep just happened? -- The color of money -- Unintended consequences -- The hidden truth -- It's 112 degrees in Tucson.
Summary Reveals how fear-based and inaccurate testing is resulting in unnecessary high-risk surgeries, arguing that the PSA test was never intended for prostate cancer screening.
Subject Prostate-specific antigen.
Prostate-specific antigen -- Diagnostic use.
Cancer -- Early detection.
Prostate -- Cancer -- Diagnosis.
Prostate-Specific Antigen -- adverse effects -- United States.
Prostatic Neoplasms -- diagnosis -- United States.
Early Detection of Cancer -- adverse effects -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.
History, 21st Century -- United States.
Prostate-Specific Antigen -- history -- United States.
Added Author Piana, Ron, author.
ISBN 9781137278746 (alk. paper) : $27.00
1137278749 (alk. paper)
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