Week 8 Discussion – Disease Screening Methodology
- Review the information on prostate screening at the National Cancer Institute’s Prostate Cancer ScreeninLinks to an external site. web page.
- Choose one of the following scenarios below and recommend a course of action for screening for prostate cancer.Bill is a 41-year-old male with a family history of prostate cancer. His father and both grandfathers had prostate cancer. Based on the information provided at cancer.gov, should he be screened before the age of 55 for prostate cancer? Why or why not?Jose is a 70-year-old male with Diabetes Mellitus but otherwise very healthy. Based on the information provided at cancer.gov, should he be screened this year for prostate cancer? Why or why not?
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