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Is prostate cancer over-treated? BBC Learning English from the News
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/02/09Ever wondered if we're doing too much when it comes to prostate cancer screening? This BBC Learning English video dives into the latest NICE guidelines and the tricky topic of overtreatment, helping you understand the contradictions in health screening. You'll pick up some really useful advanced vocabulary related to health and news reporting along the way!
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UK /'epɪsəʊd/
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- One separate event in a series of events
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- Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- Branch of military dealing with command
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- Place, position or area that something is in
- An unexpected problem or difficulty
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- To move forward or toward a place or goal
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- Act of moving forward
- The process of improving or developing something over a period of time.
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