Bob Dole speaks out for early prostate cancer detection.

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Interview

Sen Bob Dole's prostate cancer was diagnosed through the prostate-specific antigen test and successfully treated. He is working to increase public awareness of the importance of early detection in treating the disease.

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Bob Dole speaks out for early prostate cancer detection.

In 1986 we began our search for a celebrity who would do for prostate cancer what Betty Ford had done for breast cancer--have the courage to go public. Our effort began by asking Rose Kushner (a breast cancer patient) to write an article urging a nationally known figure to step forward. None did.

Now, six years later, we have found our prostate pin-up man--Senator Bob Dole, senior senator from Kansas and former presidential candidate. His celebrity qualifications can't be faulted. Moreover, he is persuasive ... believable ... articulate ... optimistic . . . pragmatic ... and a "people" person. He has (or had) prostate cancer. And he is willing to talk about it. He especially is eager to educate the men of America to the vital need for annual testing.

When I met Senator Dole in his office at the U.S. Capitol, he was as witty and dapper as ever. Except for the relatively new PSA prostate cancer test, he might now be numbered among the 38,000 American m...

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