Charlotte Walker on Nostr: Men call for a national screening program for prostate cancer quite often. ...

Men call for a national screening program for prostate cancer quite often. Unfortunately this misses the memo that testing is just not specific enough as yet to avoid creating lots of false positives which could lead to unnecessary invasive treatment. Those treatments can lead to erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, diminishing quality of life perhaps needlessly.

I have had men tell me that the only reason such a programme doesn’t exist is that women’s health needs are prioritised in health screening. That is simply not the case