Healthcare watchdog to re-examine ‘outdated’ guidance to prevent needless cancer treatment
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Healthcare watchdog to re-examine ‘outdated’ guidance to prevent needless cancer treatment
Healthcare watchdog to re-examine ‘outdated’ guidance to prevent needless cancer treatment
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Thousands of men forced to have unnecessary treatment as a result, experts say

Experts suggest ‘outdated guidelines’ around prostate cancer have created a ‘wild west’ of what is implemented in the NHS

Closely monitoring the disease with regular blood tests and scans can be the best option for those whose cancer is slow-growing…

Review says advice to Wes Streeting to reject targeted tests was based on ‘yesterday’s medicine’

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Health Secretary backs Telegraph campaign for introduction of targeted screening