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Prostate test advice for elderly reignites debate

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Aug. 5: In an abrupt about-face, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that doctors stop screening men ages 75 and older for prostate cancer. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)New advice that men over 75 should not be screened for prostate cancer won’t quell the long-standing controversy over the usefulness of the blood test for the disease, cancer experts said.


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