Subject: ZERO Update on USPSTF Recommendation
From: "Melissa Kadish" <[email-masked]>
To: "Skip Lockwood" <[email-masked]>, "Jamie Bearse" <[email-masked]>, "Kevin Johnson" <[email-masked]>, "Betsy London" <[email-masked]>, "Kathy Costigan" <[email-masked]>, "Heath Carter" <[email-masked]>, "Ron Sallerson" <[email-masked]>, "Tracy Cesaretti" <[email-masked]>, "David Uhl" <[email-masked]>, "David Buckner" <[email-masked]>, "Amanda Jenkins" <[email-masked]>, "Haley Webb" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Mitch Laurance" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <amper
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:54:17 -0400

ZERO Board Members and Staff:

We wanted to pass along a few updates regarding the USPSTF recommendations
for PSA testing. The USPSTF has announced their recommendation to change
early detection of prostate cancer from an I – inconclusive – to a D – a
recommendation discouraging men, regardless of their background, to be
tested for prostate cancer. *The period for public comment is now open and
will be for the next four weeks. *We strongly encourage you to comment, and
to also write to your elected officials and submit letters to the editors of
your local newspapers. Also note the additions to ZERO news coverage below.
Board member Dr. Siegel was featured on CBS Evening News at the Baltimore
Drive Against Prostate Cancer event over the weekend.

Link to provide public comment:
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf_form3/

*How to Comment (From USPSTF Website):*

Please look at these draft Recommendation Statements and offer your comments
on the USPSTF's decisions and how the decisions are communicated. The USPSTF
is seeking comments to help make the Recommendation Statements more useful
for the primary care provider. All comments will be considered fully as the
USPSTF finalizes these recommendations.

Any visitor to this site can comment on any USPSTF draft Recommendation
Statements listed here. However, readers should note that the USPSTF writes
its recommendations for primary care doctors and other health care
providers, using medical and scientific language as appropriate for this
audience. To comment, click on the title of the draft Recommendation
Statement at top right. Comments must be received before the comment
deadline listed below each title. The comment period for draft
Recommendation Statements is 4 weeks.

Once the draft Recommendation Statement is removed from the public comment
page, the USPSTF begins considering comments and finalizing the
Recommendation Statement. Until the final Recommendation Statement is
published, the USPSTF considers the Recommendation Statements on its Web
site to be current. You will receive acknowledgement that your comments have
been transmitted. At the present time, the USPSTF can not provide responses
to individual comments.

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*Important Links*

More Information on the USPSTF:
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/

ZERO Press Release:
http://zerocancer.org/news/releases/us-government-fails-american-men-in-the-fight-against-prostate-cancer/

PSA Media Kit: http://zerocancer.org/assets/ZERO_PSA_Media_Kit.pdf

Link to the Letter to the Editor Template:
http://www.capwiz.com/zerocancer/issues/alert/?alertid=54317501&type=ME

Link to the Letter to Your Elected Officials Template:
http://www.capwiz.com/zerocancer/issues/alert/?alertid=54315501&type=CO

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*News Coverage Update*
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ZERO and our stance on the USPSTF recommendations is featured in the
following news coverage:

CBS Evening News
Board member Dr. Siegel featured on CBS Evening News at the Baltimore Drive
Against Prostate Cancer event:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7384148n&tag=mncol;lst;3

Reuters: (story has been edited from original version)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-cancer-prostate-idUSTRE79605220111007

MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44815299/ns/health-mens_health/#.TpX8w2ahDm1

Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203388804576617310963936364.html?KEYWORDS=skip+lockwood

National Journal:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/healthcare/psa-test-report-shows-difficulty-of-weighing-evidence-20111010

CNBC:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44810596

International Business Times:

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/227148/20111007/prostate-cancer-screening-psa-blood-test-deaths-panel.htm

Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/healthy-men-dont-need-psa-testing-for-prostate-cancer-panel-says/2011/10/06/gIQAAxFMRL_story.html

Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/10/07/healthy_men_dont_need_psa_test_for_prostate_cancer_panel_says/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://m.post-gazette.com/news/health/prostate-test-called-ineffective-1180375?p=0

Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-07/routine-prostate-cancer-screening-risky-u-s-panel.html

Bloomberg BusinessWeek:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/routine-prostate-cancer-exams-should-end-u-s-panel-says.html

Montreal Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Groups+defend+need+prostate+screening/5518358/story.html

San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/07/bloomberg_articlesLSPIYB6K50Y6.DTL

Wichita Eagle:

http://www.kansas.com/2011/10/10/2056001/fair-screenings-find-371-possible.html

Vancouver Sun:

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Groups+defend+need+prostate+screening/5518358/story.html

Bangor Daily News:

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/07/health/healthy-men-don’t-need-prostate-cancer-test-panel-says/

Cancerology:

http://cancerology.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-recommendation-against-routine-psa.html

EmpowerHER:

http://www.empowher.com/prostate-cancer/content/groups-defend-need-prostate-screening

Yahoo Health:

http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/us_cancer_prostate

Healthy Prostate

http://www.healthyprostate.com.au/in-the-news/groups-defend-need-for-prostate-screening/

-- 
Melissa Kadish
[email-masked]

Press Secretary
ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer
202-303-3104 (office)
717-571-5488 (cell)

www.zerocancer.org
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