A Swedish research team concluded that men over the age of 45 should be screened for prostate cancer, according to the BBC Russian News Service.. Meanwhile, many experts were skeptical about such a statement, since testing to detect prostate specific antigen (PSA) does not provide sufficient reliable information..

Swedish scientists continue to insist that if men aged 45 to 49 years were regularly examined, then in this case, many cases of death due to prostate cancer could be avoided.. This statement is based on the results of a study conducted by specialists in which more than 21,000 men took part.. This study was conducted from 1974 to 1984, and during the mentioned time, 21,277 men participated in it, whose age at the time of the study ranged from 27 to 52 years old.. During testing, scientists have resorted to the results of blood tests taken to diagnose PSA levels.

Then scientists found 44 percent of those diseases in men aged 45-49 years that would later lead to the development of prostate cancer. The number of men who underwent examination, who subsequently fell ill with prostate cancer, amounted to 1369 people, of whom 162 people died from the mentioned oncological disease.. On this basis, the scientists came to the conclusion that men in this age category need to undergo a regular examination, and if after that an elevated PSA level is found, then further diagnosis and treatment should be carried out..

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