PSA testing & Prostate Cancer Management

🍒What is your approach to an OSCE station involving an asymptomatic patient who is worried about prostate cancer and requests screening
🍒How might you explain what prostate cancer is to a patient?
🍒How common is prostate cancer
🍒When explaining prostate cancer to a patient, how might you explain the cause?
🍒What are the benefits of prostate screening?
🍒What are the potential harms of prostate cancer
🍒What are the side effects of prostate biopsy?
🍒What is important to explain to patients with a diagnosis of prostate cancer regarding management?
🍒How should you manage a patient with a normal DRE and repeat PSA with low likelihood of prostate cancer?
🍒What are the red flags symptoms of prostate cancer?
🍒What should you say when explaining management of prostate cancer to a patient?
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