Coalition Of Physicians And Patient Groups Rally In Response To USPSTF Call For Feedback On Draft Research Plan For Prostate Cancer Screening Groups emphasize need for risk stratification, added emphasis on harms of not-screening

LINTHICUM, Md., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to specific questions outlined by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a coalition of physicians and patient groups provided comments in response to a call for feedback on the USPSTF's Draft Research Plan for Prostate Cancer: Screening. The research plan, once finalized, will guide the Task Force's development of new recommendations on prostate cancer screening.  The new recommendations, according to the USPSTF website, are slated to be released in 2017. Among the common themes outlined in the comments were an increased emphasis on high-risk populations, the inclusion of data on the harms of not...