>Jon Rogers wrote..
>JO>>> Why do a PSA in this circumstance? The value of a "screening" PSA,
>JO>>> which this is, is very frugal. We are contemplating stopping GP access
>JO>>> to this test unless assessing for disseminated malignancy!
>The problem is that if the test is available.......
>Guidelines in Suffolk were published saying just the above,
>i.e. don't do PSA routinely on prastatic symptoms - yet the
>hospital did them on all so GPs followed suit.
I remember being told only to do tests if the results - whether normal
or abnormal - would change management of the patient .. does anyone
follow this?
Mary
PS If GPs do,what about hospitals?
PPS Is this medicine or defensive medicine? ;-)
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