A new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators found new diagnoses of prostate cancer in the U.S. declined 28 percent in the year following the draft recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) against routine PSA screening for men. The new research, led by first author Daniel Barocas, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of urological surgery and medicine, was posted online in the June 15 issue of The Journal of Urology in advance of publication.
Other investigators participating in the study include Amy Graves, S.M., MPH, David Penson, M.D., MPH, Sam Chang, M.D., Vanderbilt; Katherine Mallin, Ph.D., Bryan Palis, and David Winchester, M.D., National Cancer Database, American College of Surgeons, Chicago.
