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Prostate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men across the UK, a panel of expert government health advisers has said,…

David Cameron has become the latest high-profile figure to back growing calls for the NHS to start screening men, or at least those at highest risk,…

More than 100 MPs, including Rishi Sunak, have urged Wes Streeting to introduce screening for prostate cancer.The UK National Screening Committee, a government agency that advises…

Junior Hemans was having a routine health check in 2014 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, at the age of 51. He knew there was…

Grey’s Anatomy star James Pickens Jr. has revealed he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer.  The actor opened up about his diagnosis in a recent interview with…

Prostate cancer screening can reduce deaths by 13%, a study suggests.Cancer screening experts are assessing whether the UK should introduce a screening programme for prostate cancer,…

Thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer in England are to be offered a drug that can halve the risk of death.In guidance published on Friday,…

“You will feel a little pressure.”My doctor had instructed me to lower my boxers, bend forward and place my elbows on the table. As with most…

The former BBC and Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.The 67-year-old announced his diagnosis on social media, saying it was one…