Itemoids

You are not logged in so some information on this page has been withheld. To see more, please log in or sign up.

Prostate

since

auto-detected in 17 stories

30 days ago

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…

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.

84 days ago

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.

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…

87 days ago

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.

4 months ago

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.
Everything you need to know about the decision on who should be screened for prostate cancer
It recommends that only men with a confirmed genetic risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease.

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…

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.

page 1 of 2 last →|