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Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades begins in UK

A major UK trial will test combining rapid MRI, PSA blood tests, and saliva DNA testing to improve prostate cancer screening accuracy and reduce harms.
Medicine
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Researchers warn doctors could be overtesting' for prostate cancer

PSA testing is being overused in England, leading to unnecessary diagnoses, treatments, and avoidable harms while lacking consistent guidance.
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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