APCF Rejects USPSTF Recommendation

The Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation and the National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions emphatically reject the proposed “D” prostate cancer recommendation of the USPSTF.

If you would like to express your opinion, the USPSTF is accepting comments here or your can address your letter to:

Dr. Robert Cosby

c/o USPSTF

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

Deadline for comments is November 8, 2011, 4 PM CST

To read the draft, click here.

To comment, click here.

To contact your Senator, click here.

To contact your Congressman, click here.

Shared Decision Making Following Testing For Prostate Cancer

A White Paper from the National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions
The Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation is an active member of the National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions (NASPCC).
shared_decision.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [311.9 KB]

Act 75 of 2009

Rep. Fred Allen, D-Little Rock, prostate cancer survivor and APCF director, proposed HB 1031, which Governor Beebe signed into act. Act 75 of 2009 requires health insurance carriers to provide at least one screening per year for any man forty years and above according to NCCN guidelines.

Prior to this mandate, many insurers would pay for one prostate specific antigen (PSA) per year beginning at age of 50, earlier if the history and physical included family history or symptoms.

The significance of the Arkansas mandate is that it coverage will now include establishing a baseline screening at age 40 with recommendation to repeat at 6 months to 5 years depending on the results. Providers will be more inclined to measure PSA velocity.

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