My friends in America have an annual DRE and PSA blood test over the age of fifty, and their medical insurers who pay for the tests evidently think that is prudent cost-wise.
I think men should have a PSA test at age fifty, and then repeat tests every two or three years, preferably annually.
They say the test is not very accurate, what with false positives, etc., but if you have a PSA of two and the next time the GP bothers to test you seven years later and itβs sixteen, obviously something untoward is going on.
In my case, stage T3a prostate cancer...
Anyway, still breathing without ventilator assistance,
Cheers, John.