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NIH panel urges research on treating early prostate cancer NIH panel urges research on treating early prostate cancer

By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY Published at December 7 Comments 1

The treatment may be worse than the disease itself in a growing percentage of men diagnosed with prostate cancer, so there is an "urgent need" for more research into the role of delaying treatment or avoiding it altogether, a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health concluded…

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