"Selective treatment practices were implemented only for strategies with PSA thresholds lower than 10.0 ng/mL because cases of prostate cancer diagnosed with PSA levels higher than 10.0 ng/mL would not typically qualify as low risk or as candidates for delayed curative treatment," Dr Roth notes.

But it needs to be recognize that benefits and cost savings are estimated. The authors acknowledged that literature estimates for clinical benefits may not be applicable for the general population and the actual cost savings are uncertain because commercial payment rates are unknown.

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Treatment of indolent prostate cancers isn’t likely to benefit men and is referred to as “over-treatment”.

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Distribution of nonselected IgG serum titers with Architect. The dark columns correspond to sera that are positive by ICT IgG-IgM (LDBIO Diagnostics). The gray columns correspond to sera that are negative by ICT IgG-IgM (LDBIO Diagnostics).

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The release doesn’t engage in disease mongering. It provides helpful context on the numbers of prostate cancer diagnosed each year, as well as the complications associated with testing and followup treatment. Given the relatively high rate of complications stemming from the many prostate biopsies that are conducted each year, this effort to validate a non-invasive diagnostic test could have value.