Joe Biden announces prostate cancer diagnosis
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Burgess said the disease is relatively common. “We know that in the United States, one in eight men are diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime,” Burgess said. “Now, an individual man’s risk is dependent upon additional factors such as his age, his race, his family history.” What is a Gleason score?
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