Let Sleeping Dogs Lie?: What Men Should Know Before Getting Tested for Prostate Cancer

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Few issues have been as divisive as prostate cancer screening. While some prominent Australian urologists are very active in talking up the importance of prostate cancer screening, few Australians would be aware that aside from some professional urological societies, no prevention agency currently recommends screening for the disease

Simon Chapman is professor emeritus of public health at the University of Sydney. Alexandra Barratt is professor of public health at the University of Sydney. Martin Stockler is a professor of oncology and clinical epidemiology at the University of Sydney.

'Chapman and his co-authors, through this well written book, provide the reader with a balanced commentary and navigate the reader through the basics of prostate cancer, management issues, and finally to the issue of that of prostate cancer screening. The authors also clearly illustrate these complex issues through deconstructing numbers and figures that are easily understood for both GPs and patients.' -- Justin Tse * Australian Family Physician *