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Is 81-year-old Warren Buffett getting unnecessary treatment for his prostate cancer?

By Deborah Kotz

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 18, 2012

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced on Tuesday that he had early stage prostate cancer and would soon begin radiation treatment, but top Massachusetts prostate cancer experts debate whether he really needs to be treated for a disease that's common and rarely life threatening in 81-year-old men like him.

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