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PROSTATE SCREENING: One in three gets false positives after first four tests
May 13, 2009 by Jim Tucker
Posted in Checkups, Diagnosis, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate prognosis, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PSA tests, Screening debate, Treatment debate, Watchful waiting | Tagged cancer research, cancer screening, inappropriate medical procedures, medical checkups, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, over-diagnosis, Over-treatment, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate false positives, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, Screening debate | 1 Comment
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