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Prostate
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12 days ago
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the UK but unlike breast, bowel and lung cancer, there is currently no national screening programme.
Prostate cancer screening only for "a few thousand" high risk men ⊖⊖
Only men with a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be offered screening, say UK advisors.
26 days ago
Prostate cancer screening can save lives but ‘absolute benefit is small’, study says ⊖
Although blood test reduces deaths by two for every 1,000 men screened, many could face unnecessary treatment
Screening for prostate cancer with a blood test can save men’s lives, but the “absolute b…
Landmark review confirms that prostate cancer screening DOES save lives ⊖
Prostate cancer screening could save thousands of lives a year and should be made an option for the vast majority of men, a landmark review has found.
86 days ago
‘I’ve been living under a shadow for 13 years’: life with prostate cancer ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. But screening is not universal, and charities are divided over whether it should be extended. What do those living with the disease th…
87 days ago
Prostate cancer screening as good as breast cancer screening, say researchers ⊖⊖
All middle-aged men should be offered a prostate cancer test, a landmark study has concluded - just months after the idea was rejected by the Government.
4 months ago
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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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
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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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
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…
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.
6 months ago
Prostate cancer boss who said screening programme should not be expanded to all men reveals he has disease himself ⊖⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
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.