August 7, 2026 — 7:00pm
GPs will offer prostate cancer checks every two years to men aged between 50 and 69 under a major overhaul of national guidelines designed to detect Australia’s most common cancer earlier.
High-risk groups, including men with the BRCA2 gene variant and with a family history of the disease, will be offered screening from the age of 45.
In a significant shift, new clinical guidelines from the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia recommend for the first time that men with low-grade prostate cancer manage their condition through “active surveillance”. This approach monitors the disease with regular blood tests and scans rather than resorting to surgery or radiation.
It is also now advised that men aged 70 and over should undergo prostate cancer testing every two years if their life expectancy is more than seven years.
