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Outdated prostate rules ‘costing 200 men’s lives’

Filed under: Boys / Youth / Education,General,Men's Health — Scrap_The_CSA @ 11:23 am Thu 20th December 2007

In today’s Dominion Post

The Health Ministry’s foot-dragging stance on prostate cancer screening for Kiwi men is criminal, patient advocates and doctors say.

A study by Wellington researchers of prostate screening and treatment, published in the December edition of the international journal Pathology, suggests the ministry’s outdated guidelines could be costing 200 men their lives each year.

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