28-11-2025 13:32 via theguardian.com

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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