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# PSA test does not reduce death risk from prostate cancer
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/psa_prostate_cancer_0809120719/
- Published: 2012-08-09T08:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:40:07.000Z
- Description: Washington University School of Medicine researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that PSA testing diagnosed more prostate cancer but did not cut the risk of dying from it. A fuller report is promised.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Drug, Health News, #vivvo-import

Washington University School of Medicine researhers published a study report in Journal of the National Cancer Institute saying that prostate specific antigen or PSA test did not reduce the risk of death fro prostate cancer while more prostate cancer cases were dignosed with the test. We will publish a full report on this. The finding suggests that you can find prostate cancer earlier, but the treatment is so limited that it can't do enough to help stop the killer. 

The full report is here[PSA test does not cut prostate cancer death](https://www.foodconsumer.org/psa%5Fprostate%5Fcancer%5Fdeath%5F0809120608/) risk