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Doc Talk: Should you bother screening for prostate cancer?
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Smoking and obesity are associated with increased risk of several cancers and prostate cancer is no exception.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
Wong Seng Weng
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SINGAPORE – Picture yourself as a senior public health administrator tasked with setting up a cancer screening programme for the country.
Would you ignore the most common cancer in the population and devote resources to screening for the second most prevalent type?
