He said men really need to learn about the risks and benefits of prostate screening and make a decision for themselves.

CNN: Let men decide on prostate screening, cancer society says

In many ways, the new guidelines are very similar to the cancer society's prostate screening guidelines issued in 1997 and 2001.

CNN: Screening for prostate cancer? Patients should decide

"What we are trying to say to men is the harms (of prostate screening) are better proven than the benefits, " said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.

CNN: Let men decide on prostate screening, cancer society says