Find prostate cancer early, save a life.

That message has been pervasive since 1986, when a blood test for prostate cancer first hit the market. But more evidence suggests that, in many or even most cases, the message is wrong.

The latest blow against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing came Friday from a large, long-term study that found routine testing in men ages 55 to 74 did not prevent deaths from prostate cancer.

‘The message is that routine mass screening is not the way to go,