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The news last week of former President Joe Biden's advanced prostate cancer has more people thinking and talking about the condition. My name is Cliff. I, too, had prostate cancer.

I was taking yearly screenings.

When we reached a crossover point that the score was too high, I went to my urologist,

we took biopsies, I came back positive, I got it removed.

I haven't had any problems since.

This is a completely preventable

disease, and I was just shocked that it hit stage four without any public knowledge. About one and

eight men in the U.S. are diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. It's the most diagnosed

cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer death in American men after lung cancer.

That's according to the American Cancer Society.

For today's installment of our series In Good Health,

we discuss how to detect and treat prostate cancer and take your questions.

Later, we switch gears to talk about the Food and Drug Administration's plans

to potentially restrict access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast. Stay with us. We'll be back in a moment.

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