Prostate News Archive
29-Nov-2008
79% of J'can men not screened for prostate cancer (The Jamaica Observer)
THE majority of Jamaican men are not doing the necessary screening to safeguard against prostate cancer even though the country has the highest rate of that disease in the Caribbean, according to the 2007/8 Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey II released Tuesday. Bomber appeal to be fast-tracked (The Herald)
A court yesterday agreed to speed up the Lockerbie bomber's appeal in a bid to have it under way next spring. Lawyers for Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who is terminally ill with advanced prostate cancer, want the second appeal against his conviction heard as soon as possible. Prostate cancer: Sometimes it's better not to know, survey says (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Screening tests for cancer are often a good idea. Early detection of unapparent cancers of the breast, cervix or colon saves thousands of lives every year.
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