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The Lions Club of Antigua says a record number of men have participated in the annual Prostate Cancer Screening, over the weekend.<\/p>

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Last year, 661 men were screened while this year 903 men registered to be screened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Dwayne “Baba” Thwaites along with doctors from the USA Dr.\u00a0 Brian Cohen,\u00a0 Dr.\u00a0 Daniel Caruso, and Dr. Christopher Gomez assisted with the screening.<\/p>

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According to the President Lion Davidson Charles,<\/g> it was heartwarming to see the females who brought the men to be screened.<\/p>

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Men’s health is important and whatever we can do to bring the awareness we will.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wish to thank sponsors and volunteers for taking part in such a worthy project.\u00a0On our road to 50, we look forward to continued support from the general public as we seek more sponsorship for projects as big as this one.<\/p>

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