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# The Great Prostate Hoax: How Big Medicine Hijacked the PSA Test and Caused a Public Health Disaster

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Every year, more than a million men undergo painful needle biopsies for prostate cancer, and upward of 100,000 have radical prostatectomies, resulting in incontinence and impotence. But the shocking fact is that most of these men would never have died from this common form of cancer, which frequently grows so slowly that it never even leaves the prostate. How did we get to a point where so many unnecessary tests and surgeries are being done? In The Great Prostate Hoax , Richard J. Ablin exposes how a discovery he made in 1970, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA), was co-opted by the pharmaceutical industry into a multibillion-dollar business. He shows how his discovery of PSA was never meant to be used for screening prostate cancer, and yet nonetheless the test was patented and eventurally approved by the FDA in 1994. Now, doctors and victims are beginning to speak out about the harm of the test, and beginning to search for a true prostate cancer-specific marker.

Review: Make your own decisions about healthcare, with informed consent. - This book is a must read for every man over the age of 40. This narrative provides convincing evidence that inconclusive tests are being used by the medical profession to justify unnecessary treatment recommendations. The more you know about testing procedures and medical conditions, the safer you will be. Educate yourself by understanding the way money and profit margin drives the huge medical establishment in America.
Review: A Must-Read for men over 40 (and the women who love them) - I'm giving all 5 stars to this book because it is written for a regular guy like me about something very personal (my prostate). Easy to read, easy to understand, easy to follow. I have no problems with my prostate...yet. I saw the title and started reading and couldn't stop. Dr Ablin, the discoverer of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) in 1970, has been fighting a long, and losing, battle against Big Pharma and the FDA to correct the flawed and, IMO, criminal approach these doctors and their corporations take towards men over the age of 50 and their prostates. According to what I read in this book, we are nothing more than cash cows for these insensitive butchers. According to Dr Ablin's quoted statistics, about 49 of 50 men are being misdiagnosed and mistreated as a result of the PSA assay, which does not indicate the presence of cancer. Many people are enriching themselves with this test on an unsuspecting population numbering over 30 million. The book opens with the following: "For the countless millions of men and their families who have suffered needlessly because of the misuse of the PSA test." The doctor makes his case very effectively and believably. Others here have complained that the important information in the book could have been condensed to a pamphlet or an article in a magazine. Maybe. Ablin has used many formats to get his message out to the people who need to hear it. People like you and me who have not had medical training and do not often read medical pamphlets. Its a silly notion that a subject of this weight should be confined to a pamphlet entrusted to the staff of your primary physician to push into your hand as you leave the office. This subject, considering the lifelong efforts of Dr. Ablin to trumpet his concerns, deserves at least one book, if not more than one. If you have any concerns about the health of your prostate, read this book and then challenge your doctor before he wheels you into a room to cut out your prostate and possibly condemn you to living out your life wearing diapers and pumping up your penis.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #190,691 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in Prostate Disease (Books) #28 in Prostate Health (Books) #104 in Medical Diagnosis (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 415 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Make your own decisions about healthcare, with informed consent.
*by M***R on October 25, 2025*

This book is a must read for every man over the age of 40. This narrative provides convincing evidence that inconclusive tests are being used by the medical profession to justify unnecessary treatment recommendations. The more you know about testing procedures and medical conditions, the safer you will be. Educate yourself by understanding the way money and profit margin drives the huge medical establishment in America.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Must-Read for men over 40 (and the women who love them)
*by M***E on April 25, 2014*

I'm giving all 5 stars to this book because it is written for a regular guy like me about something very personal (my prostate). Easy to read, easy to understand, easy to follow. I have no problems with my prostate...yet. I saw the title and started reading and couldn't stop. Dr Ablin, the discoverer of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) in 1970, has been fighting a long, and losing, battle against Big Pharma and the FDA to correct the flawed and, IMO, criminal approach these doctors and their corporations take towards men over the age of 50 and their prostates. According to what I read in this book, we are nothing more than cash cows for these insensitive butchers. According to Dr Ablin's quoted statistics, about 49 of 50 men are being misdiagnosed and mistreated as a result of the PSA assay, which does not indicate the presence of cancer. Many people are enriching themselves with this test on an unsuspecting population numbering over 30 million. The book opens with the following: "For the countless millions of men and their families who have suffered needlessly because of the misuse of the PSA test." The doctor makes his case very effectively and believably. Others here have complained that the important information in the book could have been condensed to a pamphlet or an article in a magazine. Maybe. Ablin has used many formats to get his message out to the people who need to hear it. People like you and me who have not had medical training and do not often read medical pamphlets. Its a silly notion that a subject of this weight should be confined to a pamphlet entrusted to the staff of your primary physician to push into your hand as you leave the office. This subject, considering the lifelong efforts of Dr. Ablin to trumpet his concerns, deserves at least one book, if not more than one. If you have any concerns about the health of your prostate, read this book and then challenge your doctor before he wheels you into a room to cut out your prostate and possibly condemn you to living out your life wearing diapers and pumping up your penis.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From a physician with 30+ year experience: Read this book and you will forget the prostate biopsy
*by F***R on August 15, 2015*

This book is great! I am a physician and have been advising people not to have biopsies since 2004 even when they have high PSA levels and there is an exam that completely makes the Prostate Biopsy unnecesary. I read that book and verified what I have seen on my patients during years The first thing to clarify is that having a high PSA does not mean a biopsy is necessary. And that this book states A prostate specific antigen or PSA is a protein that is produced in the prostate. Determining its concentration in the blood is an indication of diseases in the male genitourinary organs. A large number of diseases in these organs raise the PSA concentration in the blood and cancer of the prostate is only one of these. The PSA rises with prostatic hypertrophy, urinary and prostatic infections, sexual activity, rectal stimulation such as in transrectal ultrasounds, significant intestinal constipation or diarrhea, large hemorrhoids, a rectal examination, varicocele, orchitis, etc. As a result, it is not useful on its own in diagnosing prostate cancer or any other prostatic complaint. A high PSA should not be considered to be an indicator of cancer of the prostate much less an indication that a biopsy should be done on the prostate. There are many conditions besides prostate cancer that heighten the PSA, being the most frequent urinary infections, tumors, cysts, stones, sexual activity, transrectal exams and mainly the prostate biopsy. Cancer of the prostate has been detected in men with a PSA concentration that is lower than 2.0 ng/ml. These cases account for at least 21% of the total diagnoses of prostate cancer. These data raise doubts about the use of an arbitrary PSA threshold to select the patients that will be subjected to a biopsy. The PSA rises as a result of genitourinary diseases. Its elevation does not indicate cancer, let alone a need for a biopsy. It only indicates the presence of genitourinary diseases. The C.M.P. - Prostate detects all of the known causes of an elevated prostate antigen (PSA). Treating said causes reduces the PSA. Thus, if the PSA has dropped after the treatment, there is no need for concern. Read this book and you will surely look for a second opinion when they ask you to have a prostate biopsy

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