55 h. ago Chris Hoy ‘disappointed’ by prostate cancer screening decision

The six-time Olympic gold medallist expressed “sadness” at the recommendation against routine prostate cancer screening for majority of men

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55 h. ago Sir Chris Hoy 'disappointed' with recommendation to limit prostate cancer screening

The six-time Olympian revealed he has been given two to fours years to live after the cancer spread to his bones.

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58 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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59 h. ago Dermot Murnaghan and Tony Robinson ‘disappointed’ at routine prostate cancer screening rejection

A committee has against recommending universal prostate cancer screening for all men

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59 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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61 h. ago What the new prostrate cancer screening recommendation means for you

More than 63,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually in the UK

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62 h. ago 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 testsProstate cancer screening will not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men across the UK, according to the expected recommendations from a panel of expert government health advisers.The UK national screening committee is expected to only recommend screening for men with the genetic variants BRCA1 and BRCA2 who are between the ages of 45 and 61. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wuthering Heights' 'best ever' adaptation is now streaming free

As Emerald Fennell gears up to release her big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights, fans have been recommending a little-known mini-series based on the same book.

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