Offering blood tests to men aged 45 and 70 could mean around 820 a year have their cancer caught earlier
Offering blood tests to men aged 45 and 70 could mean around 820 a year have their cancer caught earlier
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Fewer men are undergoing unnecessary biopsies, which can have harmful side-effects, report finds
Although blood test reduces deaths by two for every 1,000 men screened, many could face unnecessary treatment
A major review of nearly 800,000 men has found prostate cancer screening using a specific test is likely to reduce deaths from…
Nine in 10 Britons want routine screening that could see disease detected early for hundreds more every year
Under the recommendations most men will be excluded from the cancer screening programme but two high risk groups will be offered…
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