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The ethics of over-diagnosis: risk and responsibility in medicine

By Stacy M. Carter

OVERDIAGNOSIS EPIDEMIC – Today, Stacy Carter presents a philosophical view of over-diagnosis and what can be done to change how things stand. Recently a friend told me a story about her dad. Fit and well…
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Giving men choice: the case for routine prostate cancer screening

By Mark Frydenberg, Monash University

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a common blood test used by doctors to assess whether an individual has prostate cancer. It also predicts the risk of developing prostate cancer sometime in the future…
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More harm than good: rethinking routine prostate cancer screening

By Ian Haines, Monash University

My offer for a public debate was accepted after I co-published opposing viewpoints about the high rates of over-diagnosis and over-treatment of early stage prostate cancer with leading urologist Professor…

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