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Prostate Cancer Guidelines

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that the nation's largest group of internists is recommending against automatic screening tests and exams for prostate cancer. But other groups like the American Cancer Society say that the tests are needed routinely to catch tumors at their earliest stages.

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