Fear and Profit Drive Overdiagnosis @drstephenpetteruti
Fear and Profit Drive Overdiagnosis  @drstephenpetteruti
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Prostate is one of the most overdiagnosed and overtreated conditions in medicine today. The two forces driving that are fear and profit, and neither one is easy to stop.

Here is what most men are never told. The atypical dormant cells that get labeled as cancer are present in the majority of men who live long enough. They sleep quietly in the gland. They will not harm you unless something ignites them. The biopsy that follows a high PSA reading does not protect you from that risk.

Watch this episode of The Overdiagnosis Trap: Why Common Prostate Screenings Often Lead to Unnecessary Harm

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Fear and Profit Drive Overdiagnosis

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