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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Prostate cancer screening not expected to be made widely available in UK

Screening will be recommended only for UK men aged 45–61 with BRCA1 or BRCA2 variants; routine population screening will not be offered.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Lord Cameron reveals he had prostate cancer

David Cameron underwent PSA testing, biopsy and focal therapy for prostate cancer and urges screening for high-risk men.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months 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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