A decade-long study following more than 75,000 men found that prostate cancer screenings led to more diagnoses but did not reduce the number of deaths from the illness.
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When the company I worked for invited me to a routine executive health check, I was a regular park runner and not a smoker. We had an occupational health doctor on staff who designed the check, and he ...
11/20/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link - Get tested, say four brothers with prostate cancer
Four brothers who were all diagnosed with prostate cancer within six months of each other have urged other men to have regular tests for the disease. Steve Hastings, 70, said his three younger ...
11/19/2024 - 1:08 am | View Link - Mobile 'Man Van' spots prostate cancer more quickly and cheaply than via GPs
Mobile testing "Man Van" can diagnose prostate cancer in at-risk groups earlier and more affordably than GPs, according to new research.
11/18/2024 - 5:22 am | View Link - Early detection is key to fighting cancer
“Detecting cancer early results in less aggressive treatment and a higher chance of recovery. Some screening tests can detect pre-cancerous lesions which can be treated before they turn into cancer,” ...
11/16/2024 - 8:15 am | View Link - Charity wants testing of men at high risk of prostate cancer
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