Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

From the Desk of the Editor: Increasing incidence of metastatic prostate cancer in the United States

PSA screening is the backbone of early prostate cancer detection in the United States and increasingly in other parts of the world too. Due to concerns about over-detection and over-treatment of indolent disease (i.e. harms), PSA screening is controversial, despite level 1 evidence that screening vs. no screening can reduce the risk of death from prostate cancer (i.e. benefits).