Letter: Men over 70 should insist on PSA blood tests

Today we learned that President Biden did not have a PSA blood test since 2014, which follows the NIH recommendation that men over 70 should not have the PSA test. In 2019 I was diagnosed at age 75 with advanced aggressive prostate cancer, based on PSA tests. Had I followed NIH recommendation, I'd be dead today. I was successfully treated with hormone and radiation at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. No treatment for the last 4 years with PSA undetectable. In 2020 I wrote a letter to the Arizona Daily Star urging men over 70 to take the PSA blood test. Had Biden read the letter and followed it, in 2020, he probably would have a much easier treatment and prognosis. Please do not follow NIH recommendation. Blood test is easy and less costly ($100) to the Medicare program than my cancer treatment (billed at $250,000).