To screen, or not to screen?
For men with cancerous prostate glands, ignorance may sometimes be bliss
GEORGE FOREMAN, a former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, clenches his fists, flexes his pecs—and advises his fellow Americans to let a doctor finger their prostate glands once a year. Under his picture, which graces the American Cancer Society's latest poster promoting digital rectal examinations, is the motto: “Real Men Get It Checked.”
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “To screen, or not to screen?”
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