The health secretary says he will balance the arguments for and against mass testing ahead of a final decision due in March.

There is no single, diagnostic test. Doctors make a diagnosis based on various measures. This can include a prostate-specific ...

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has told the BBC that a targeted prostate cancer screening programme is needed urgently, and would "save countless lives". Sunak is an ambassador for the Prostate ...

The UK National Screening Committee is due to say only men with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, aged between 45 and 61, should ...

Almost half of men falsely believe they need invasive tests to check for prostate cancer, cancer awareness campaigners in the UK say. A rectal exam – during which a doctor or nurse will check inside a ...

The NHS has issued a warning about a cancer it says "one in eight men" will get. Often referred to as a "silent killer", prostate cancer frequently presents no symptoms in its early stages, allowing ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old who underwent successful treatment for prostate cancer, using hormone suppression and radiation in 2015. After the treatment concluded, my testosterone level ...

New research offers no evidence that blood tests routinely given to men to check for prostate cancer help them live longer. Still, some patients call those tests life saving. Andrew Cox felt strongly ...

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the past year, and has now backed a ...

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