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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: A GREAT Night for Americans! (Women especially!)
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- References: <Bxo4GF.CAp@apollo.hp.com> <1992Nov14.182823.4046@netcom.com> <BxvC1E.A17@apollo.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:34:04 GMT
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- In article <BxvC1E.A17@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov14.182823.4046@netcom.com> ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear) writes:
- >>In article <Bxo4GF.CAp@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
-
- >>Although the cause of prostate cancer appears still to be unknown, early
- >>detection is, as with any cancer, the key to survival. Any male over 40
- >>who doesn't insist on serum PSA screening as part of regular physical
- >>exams is courting disaster.
- >
- > I strongly second this. As someone with a family history of
- > prostate cancer and occasional bouts of prostatitis, I'm
- > high-risk, and I get checked out regularly even though I'm
- > still a few months shy of 40.
-
- What kind of test is this? What does PSA stand for? How expensive
- is it (ie. how likely would a doctor recommend it)?
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- I heard something vague about a very recently developed screening
- technique -- is this it?
-
- twenty-something and curious,
-
- Don
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