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'Please, please get checked' – East Yorkshire farmer urges others to get checked after routine blood test discovered prostate cancer

Denys Fell was diagnosed age 73 after a routine test, despite feeling healthy

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'Please, please get checked' – East Yorkshire farmer urges others to get checked after routine blood test discovered prostate cancer

A farmer in East Yorkshire who was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year has called for others to get checked – after his cancer was discovered following a routine blood test. Denys Fell...

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