Government urged to introduce prostate cancer screening

Government urged to introduce prostate cancer screening Prostate cancer screening could soon be offered to all middle-aged men after trials showed new techniques slashed the chances of overdiagnosis.

Experts have long argued that only a national screening programme will significantly reduce deaths from the leading cancer in men.

Until now, tests have been too unreliable to pass the threshold, with the potential for unnecessary harms deemed to outweigh the benefits. The Daily Mail