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From my father: Are we getting it wrong on prostate cancer screening?

From my father: Are we getting it wrong on prostate cancer screening?

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Virginia Heffernan
Nov 29, 2023
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Last week, my father published this article in the Valley News, the paper of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, where I grew up. The Valley News is the first newspaper I ever wrote for. I was 14, and my dad suggested I submit to the Valley News a travel diary I had kept during an amazing family trip to Italy. They published it. My dad has the best …

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