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Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests
Quick ReadAmerican Cancer Society casts more doubt on value of regular testing for prostate cancer
Photo credit: AP | Graphic shows incidence rates for prostate cancer between 1975 and 2006 and highest death rates from prostate cancer by race between 2001 and
(AP) — Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.
The cancer society has not recommended routine screening for most men since the mid-1990s, and that is not changing....
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