[MD] prostrate issues

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  U.S. and European researchers say the leading test used to screen 
for prostate cancer may do more harm than good. The new studies are 
re-igniting debate over the aggressive treatments associated with 
prostate cancer.

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According to Dr. Mary McNaughton-Collins, a researcher at 
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, aggressive 
treatments can lead to side effects such as impotence, incontinence 
and even early death. She says the problem lies in not having the 
scientific advances to differentiate between tumors that do not need 
to be treated from the aggressive cancer that does.


http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-20-voa28.cfm



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