{"id":6660,"date":"2017-05-04T10:55:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6660"},"modified":"2017-05-04T10:55:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:55:05","slug":"thousands-of-men-with-prostate-cancer-get-risky-treatment-they-dont-need-new-approaches-could-curb-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6660","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of men with prostate cancer get risky treatment they don\u2019t need. New approaches could curb that"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Begley for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">T<\/span>hey look like glowing jade necklaces of such unearthly brilliance they could be a Ming emperor\u2019s. But if Dr. Gerardo Fernandez is right, the green fluorescent images of prostate cells could be even more valuable, at least to the thousands of men every year who unnecessarily undergo aggressive treatment for<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/04\/11\/prostate-cancer-screening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prostate cancer<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/05\/04\/prostate-cancer-research-psa\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9lTH7KPb2j7DNoDeusX12CNh254jjX4g_uL7HQoQe5hbhIgc2EaIf8fznn_4Nzo1hgfTPy2wNuwwS0uy6OFATlEHTW6A&amp;_hsmi=51531075\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"stat-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Begley for STAT) They look like glowing jade necklaces of such unearthly brilliance they could be a Ming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6661,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions\/6661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}