Dr. Mark Scholz is a medical oncologist specializing exclusively in the management and treatment of prostate cancer patients. In this episode of "Answering YouTube Comments," he explains why it is beneficial to screen asymptotic men for prostate cancer and whether body scans are useful for men on active surveillance.

0:05 What percentage of dangerous prostate cancers are asymptomatic? I feel like testing asymptomatic men does more harm than good

1:36 I have a PSA under 6.0 and Gleason 6. Other than mpMRI, are any other scans necessary. Of course, anyone on active surveillance who starts having hip pain is going to expect the worse.

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