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Don't Be Fooled: Prostate Cancer Screening Is Key

Guidelines against PSA testing could cost lives

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 26, 2008 11:57 AM CDT

(Newser) – A national task force’s recent warning against prostate cancer screenings in some men could put their lives at risk, cautions physician and researcher William J. Catalona in the Washington Post. “It's important to note that consideration was not given to the overwhelming body... Read full story »

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