How to help patients make wiser health choices
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's one of medicine's uncomfortable truths: That blood test for prostate cancer is far from perfect. Would as many men take a PSA test if they knew? Or consider treatment for early breast cancer: Is saving the breast worth all the extra doctor visits for radiation or would you prefer the whole breast removed in one trip?...
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