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June 1, 2014

Cheap drug greatly boosts prostate cancer survival

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer

CHICAGO (AP) — A cheap, decades-old chemotherapy drug extended life by more than a year when added to standard hormone therapy for men whose prostate cancer has widely spread, doctors

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