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Ablin, Richard J., 1940-
Subjects
Prostate-specific antigen.
Prostate-specific antigen -- Diagnostic use.
Prostate -- Cancer -- Diagnosis.
Cancer -- Early detection.
Pharmaceutical industry -- History.
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Ablin, Richard J., 1940-
Prostate-specific antigen.
Prostate-specific antigen -- Diagnostic use.
Prostate -- Cancer -- Diagnosis.
Cancer -- Early detection.
Pharmaceutical industry -- History.
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The great
prostate
hoax : how big medicine hijacked the PSA test and caused a public health disaster / Richard J. Ablin, PhD ; with Ronald Piana.
by
Ablin, Richard J., 1940-
Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press LLC, 2014.
Call #:
616.99463 A152g
Subjects
Prostate-specific antigen.
Prostate-specific antigen
--
Diagnostic use.
Prostate
--
Cancer
--
Diagnosis
.
Cancer
--
Early detection.
Pharmaceutical industry
--
History.
ISBN:
9781137278746 (hc.)
1137278749 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Prostate
hoax : how big medicine hijacked the PSA test and caused a public health disaster
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 262 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The jungle
--
A decision I thought I could live with
--
What the bleep just happened?
--
The color of money
--
Unintended consequences
--
The hidden truth
--
It's 112 degrees in Tucson.
Summary:
"Every year, more than a million men undergo painful needle biopsies for
prostate
cancer
, and upward of 100,000 have radical prostatectomies, resulting in incontinence and impotence. But the shocking fact is that most of these men would never have died from this common form of
cancer
, which frequently grows so slowly that it never even leaves the
prostate
. How did we get to a point where so many unnecessary tests and surgeries are being done? Richard J. Ablin exposes how a discovery he made in 1970, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA), was co-opted by the pharmaceutical industry into a multibillion-dollar business. He shows how his discovery of PSA was never meant to be used for screening
prostate
cancer
, and yet nonetheless the test was patented and eventurally approved by the FDA in 1994. Now, doctors and victims are beginning to speak out about the harm of the test, and beginning to search for a true
prostate
cancer-specific marker. Richard J. Ablin is a professor of Pathology at University of Arizona College of Medicine. In 1970 he identified PSA
--
the
prostate
specific antigen that is used as a test for
prostate
cancer
. For decades he has fought against the misuse of his discovery, including a 2010 New York Times op-ed titled 'The Great
Prostate
Mistake.' He lives in Tucson, AZ."--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Piana, Ron.
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