54 h. ago Expert panel advises against prostate cancer screening for most men in UK

Charities express ‘deep disappointment’ as government advisers find harms of screening all men would outweigh benefitsProstate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men across the UK, a panel of expert government health advisers has said, to the “deep disappointment” of several charities and campaigners.The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) has instead recommended that there should be a targeted screening programme for men with a confirmed BRCA1 or BRCA2 faulty gene variant, which means they are more at risk of faster growing and aggressive cancers at an earlier age. Men in that category could be screened every two years between the ages of 45 and 61, they said. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Prostate cancer screening should not be widely available in UK, expert panel says

Charities express ‘deep disappointment’ over recommendation of government health advisersProstate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men across the UK, a panel of expert government health advisers has said, to the “deep disappointment” of several charities and campaigners.The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) has instead recommended that there should be a targeted screening programme for men with a confirmed BRCA1 or BRCA2 faulty gene variant, which means they are more at risk of faster growing and aggressive cancers at an earlier age. Men in that category could be screened every two years between the ages of 45 and 61, they said. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Prostate cancer expert explains how one wrong PSA test can harm a man’s life

Professor Freddie Hamdy - who advised the Government not to offer more men the PSA blood test - explains why very slow growing tumours should be left well alone

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55 h. ago Prostate cancer experts explain REJECTING plan to offer test to at

Prostate cancer campaigners left disappointed but UK National Screening Committee says inviting more men for PSA test would ‘cause more harm than good’

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55 h. ago Prostate cancer screening on NHS denied to most men as experts warn of risks

The UKNSC has advised against population-wide prostate cancer screening

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55 h. ago Prostate cancer screening: Committee says no to testing all men

The UK National Screening Committee said there were more harms than benefits to using the PSA test for screening all men.

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5 d. ago Wes Streeting vows to 'quickly' launch national prostate cancer screening programme if experts give it green light

The UK National Screening Committee will meet on Thursday to consider the latest evidence on the costs and benefits before issuing a highly anticipated recommendation.

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3 w. ago Study to determine if AI can make better treatment decisions for prostate cancer

The Vanguard Path study is led by researchers at the University of Oxford and funded with £1.9 million from the charity Prostate Cancer UK.

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