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Darth Vadar's biggest battle

Wow that's horrible. Prostate cancer is one of the worst diseases out there.
 
It's VERY important to get checked. My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 52. He caught it early but had had the cancer for several years.
 
Coincidently, today's NEJM (essentially) says PSA screening does more harm than good.

NEJM editorial: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMe0901166
American study, screening does squat: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0810696
European study, screening reduces risk a bit, but does other worse stuff: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0810084

Associated Press article that summarizes the above (sourced via CBC): http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/18/...cancer-psa.html
 
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