If anybody has posted this link before, I apologize. It's from one of the foremost urologists in the U.S. http://urology.jhu.edu/prostate/PSA_controversy2.php

I'm in the position where the PSA test flagged a biopsy, which in turn found cancer. The biopsy wasn't fun, but it also wasn't the worst thing in my life. It's something you get over in a short time and get on with things. Same with the surgery. The surgery has created side effects, but not horrible, and getting better all the time. Had I not had PSA testing, I probably wouldn't have had symptoms for 4-5 years, and a less favorable long term prognosis.

I'm beginning to believe this task force is getting overly driven by statistics, which can't reasonably be extrapolated out to encompass everybody. First the mammogram recommendation of a few years ago, the PSA recommendation, now their pap smear recommendation for women over 65.