Workshop summary: screening policies and procedures.

: The question of screening for prostate cancer has, since the advent of prostate-specific antigen testing, become a major source of contention. Important issues include: (1) should such screening become part of routine health checks for men; (2) if routine screening is implemented, at what age should it be started, and (3) can the early detection of prostate cancer facilitated by such screening actually benefit the patient in the long run? These were some of the topics put to the audience and debated by the panel of experts in the discussion forum on screening.