New recommendations for prostate cancer screenings in men who are more than 50 years of age was announced by the American Cancer Society on Wednesday.

Men who have a P. S. A. test that reads 2.5 or higher are being advised to get screened every year.

The P. S. A. is a blood test that indicates a cancer risk by measuring protein levels.

Experts from Michiana Hematology Oncology were asked to give their take on it.

Dr Rafat Ansari said he always encouraged people who turned 50 to go for a P. S. A. blood test and digital rectal exam every year, unless someone is at higher risk. He however added that there were no doubts that screening saved life but too much screening was not needed.

Dr. Rafat Ansari, from Michiana Hematology Oncology says, "What is happening is, there is a group of people who don't get screened at all for anything, including breast and all the malignancies we talked about. And there is a group of people getting over-screened. So this is only a rough guideline for people."