Writing on the Department of Health and Social Care's Twitter feed earlier this month, Government officials suggested that all men over the age of 50 – and black men over 45 – should speak to their GP ...

A new at-home spit test for prostate cancer may be better than current blood tests, a new study shows. The simple saliva test has been developed by experts and works by analysing genetic variants in a ...

A new prostate cancer test with a 94% accuracy rate could help identify more men with the disease. Experts said the standard PSA blood test can result in unnecessary biopsies and “false reassurance in ...

PSA testing has resulted in numerous unnecessary biopsies in men with no cancer, the researchers say. And, for some men who do have cancer, the PSA test could have provided "false reassurance". Dr Jon ...

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A new test is twice as effective at detecting prostate cancer as the existing blood test that checks for the disease, according to a new study. Called Stockholm3, it involves a single blood test that ...

Researchers say the test is so effective it could 'turn the tide' on the disease and help identify at-risk men without the need for a GP appointment. They estimate it could find 12,350 tumours at an ...

Researchers have developed a new blood test for prostate cancer which they say is 94% accurate. Oxford BioDynamics, in collaboration with Imperial College and the University of East Anglia (UEA), ...

CAMBRIDGE, UK: Scientists in Cambridge have developed a new ‘super test’ for prostate cancer in an effort to revolutionise screening and diagnosis of the disease and accelerate personalised treatment ...

A new spit test for prostate cancer which can be done at home may be better than current testing methods, a study suggests. Experts have developed a simple saliva test which analyses genetic variants ...

12:43, Mon, Sep 2, 2024 Updated: 13:00, Mon, Sep 2, 2024 British scientists have hailed a breakthrough in prostate cancer diagnosis as a "substantial leap forward". A revolutionary new test has been ...

An NHS patient waited over 400 days to start investigations for suspected prostate cancer. Another Scot waited 352 days with ...