| Prostate exam fees not sexist, human rights tribunal rules
B.C. men will have to continue to pay for prostate cancer screening. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has rejected a claim by Laurence Armstrong, a Victoria lawyer, that men face discrimination in having to pay for prostate specific antigen tests, while women get mammograms and Pap smears for free. The decision was published Thursday. Armstrong told CBC News that he was annoyed at having to pay $30 for every PSA test recommended by his doctor. "I'd be sitting in the lab waiting room watching the women go in for mammographies, not paying," said Armstrong, who decided to take the matter to the human rights tribunal, which heard the case in 2006. Test's effectiveness questioned After considering several expert opinions, tribunal member Kurt Neuenfeldt dismissed the claim, citing questions about the effectiveness of the PSA test as a general method of screening for prostate cancer.
Sean Van Zijl, urologist
Dr. Sean Van Zijl, a urologist with Chesapeake Urology Associates, is a passionate runner who wanted to raise awareness about prostate-cancer and support prostate-cancer research. So, combining his avocation and vocation, he came up with "Great Strides Against Prostate Cancer," a 5-kilometer run and 1-mile walk/run that will be held 8 a.m. Sept. 30 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.
In addition to the run, free prostate-cancer screenings will be offered that morning at the Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center. For more information about the screenings, call 410-337-1479. To register for the run, go to charmcityrun.com.
Dr. Van Zijl, 34, lives in Elkton with his wife, Susanne, and two sons.
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Prostate-screening exams may miss cancer in obese patients, study ...
Higher blood volumes probably cause lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, in obese prostate cancer patients, reports a study, leading the authors to speculate screening with PSA tests might miss some cancers in obese men. .
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