Prostate cancer becomes the UK's most common form of the disease: Celebrities from Chris Hoy to David Cameron tell of the urgent need for early screenings ⊖
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Researchers found a sharp increase in the number of men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in just a year. The Daily Mail is campaigning for earlier diagnosis and a full screening programme.
Prostate cancer is most commonly diagnosed cancer across UK, study finds ⊖⊖⊖
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Cancer charity highlights apparent ‘postcode lottery’ of testing and diagnoses across different regions seen in study
Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer across the UK, s…
42 days ago
Prostate cancer breakthrough: life-extending drug will be offered to thousands of men within weeks ⊖⊖
For the first time, patients whose prostate cancer has not spread will be eligible for the drug abiraterone in England, after NHS chiefs widened access to the treatment.
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Prostate cancer boss who said screening programme should not be expanded to all men reveals he has disease himself ⊖⊖
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Professor Sir Mike Richards, chairman of the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC), said his own prostate cancer had been picked by up a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test.
2 months ago
Prostate cancer screening: what you need to know ⊖⊖
Everything you need to know about the decision on who should be screened for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer screening should not be offered to most UK men, say experts ⊖⊖
It recommends that only men with a confirmed genetic risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease.
Prostate cancer screening not expected to be made widely available in UK ⊖
Expert advisers likely to recommend only a few thousand men with genetic variant should be eligible for tests
Prostate cancer screening will not be made routinely available for the vast majority of me…
3 months ago
Prostate cancer screening programme could be given the green light this week in game-changing opportunity to save thousands of lives ⊕
The first NHS screening programme for prostate cancer could be given the green light this week, marking a game-changing opportunity to save thousands of lives.
Prostate cancer screening slashes risk of dying from the disease by 13 per cent, major study reveals ⊖
Testing led to a 'sustained reduction' in deaths over the 23-year follow-up period, with the benefits outweighing potential harms by even more than previously thought.
4 months ago
Prostate cancer screening would save thousands of lives and have a 'generational impact' on men's health, Rishi Sunak says ⊖
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The former Conservative prime minister stood alongside Labour's deputy prime minister David Lammy as they called for targeted checks for men at highest risk of the disease.