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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>As you may know, PCC has announced a change in the recommendations for PSA screening for Prostate Cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>These updated recommendations are an endorsement of the Canadian Urological Association pronouncement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>See below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Prostate Cancer Canada updates its recommendations on the PSA test </span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/Testing-and-Diagnosis/The-PSA-Test">http://www.prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/Testing-and-Diagnosis/The-PSA-Test</a><br>PCC has endorsed the recommendations of the <a href="http://www.cua.org/themes/web/assets/files/4888.pdf">Canadian Urological Association</a>. There is a lot more detail in their paper if you are so interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Attached is the previous PSA Testing as reference to see the change in recommendation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>The change is in spite of the literature from PCC showing that it is now 1 in 7 instead of 1 in 8 men who will be diagnosed with PCa in their lifetime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Google “new breast cancer screening guidelines” to see similar changes for breast cancer screening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>BTW there has been a large petition circulating against the breast cancer screening changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Be informed and promote being “your own advocate” amongst your network.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Glen <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>