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Tom Harkin: “I do not know how to respond to that. It would still seem to me, again as a layman, that the earlier you can detect a…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2002
I do not know how to respond to that. It would still seem to me, again as a layman, that the earlier you can detect a cancer, the better your prognosis is going to be.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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congress.gov
Feb 28, 2002

Editor's note · Context

Expressing belief in the advantages of early cancer detection.

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