Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening aims to identify men who may harbor potentially lethal prostate cancer, and those with high PSA results often require more extensive (and expensive) diagnostic testing to establish a diagnosis.
WileyJul 15 2024 Prostate-specific antigen screening aims to identify men who may harbor potentially lethal prostate cancer , and those with high PSA results often require more extensive diagnostic testing to establish a diagnosis. New research reveals that the out-of-pocket costs for such additional tests are substantial, common, and rising. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
To investigate the extent of such financial burdens, researchers analyzed information on 3,075,841 US privately insured men ages 55–69 years old who underwent PSA screening in 2010–2020. Among these men, 91,850 had a second PSA test and an elevated PSA, of which 40,329 underwent subsequent diagnostic testing.
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