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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening

Our current opportunistic PSA [prostate-specific antigen] testing system is unstructured, inefficient and unfair a postcode lottery where some men succeed because they know to ask or can pay privately, while others are turned away despite repeated requests. Yet the data hide what cannot be modelled: eroded trust among communities who feel abandoned. Black men, already at higher risk, often believe the system fails them. Families bear devastating emotional and financial burdens from late-stage disease.
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fromMail Online
1 week ago

Prostate cancer screening programme could be given go-ahead this week

The NHS may approve a targeted prostate cancer screening programme for high-risk men using PSA/MRI to reduce deaths and offer low-cost targeted checks.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Prostate cancer screening urgently needed, says Rishi Sunak

Targeted prostate cancer screening for high-risk men aged 45–69 (family history or Black men) could be affordable, deliverable, and save countless lives.
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