Louise Walter published invited commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine

Louise Walter, MD and Nancy Schoenborn, MD published an invited commentary titled "Do Not Wait to Consider Life Expectancy Until After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis" in JAMA Internal Medicine on November 11, 2024.  The commentary discusses the importance of considering life expectancy during PSA screening decisions, rather than waiting until after a prostate cancer diagnosis, in order to reduce harms of prostate cancer overdiagnosis and overtreatment in men with limited life expectancy.  Time spent diagnosing, monitoring, and treating screen-detected asymptomatic prostate cancer in men with limited life expectancy distracts from monitoring and treating their symptomatic life-limiting illnesses.