A new study shows 3% of men who receive a prostate biopsy are hospitalized within a month, half due to an infection. These biopsy-associated infections cost Americans $623 million each year. Sometimes, the risks and costs of screening for a disease outweigh the risks and costs of the disease itself.

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A new study shows 3% of men who receive a prostate biopsy are hospitalized within a month, half due to an infection. These biopsy-associated infections cost Americans $623 million each year. Sometimes, the risks and costs of screening for a disease outweigh the risks and costs of the disease itself.