Reevaluating PSA Testing Rates in the PLCO Trial

Abstract

tation. 1,3 Underreporting of jaw claudication may be a consequence of modern diets that require less mastication effort, particularly in the elderly population. The two cases reported here show that the chewing gum test (i.e., chewing gum at the rate of one chew per second) may be a simple and repeatable test for jaw claudication and allow for a better characterization of this symptom. In our patients, claudication of the jaw appeared after 2 to 3 minutes of chewing and resolved after prednisolone treatment.