Browsing: prostate

If the country seems to be slipping away from reason and trust in science, blame usually falls on modern phenomena such as social media and its…

Thousands more black men will be invited to take part in a prostate cancer screening trial as the health secretary insisted he was “following the science”…

Most men in the UK will not be offered prostate cancer screening if the government accepts the final recommendation of an expert committee.Prostate cancer is the…

Screening for prostate cancer with a blood test can save men’s lives, but the “absolute benefit is small” and many men could face unnecessary treatment and…

The patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triumph for remote robotic surgery that saved the life of a…

A new drug for advanced prostate cancer has shown promise in early trials experts have said, with the medication shrinking tumours in some patients.Prostate cancer is…

Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer across the UK, surpassing breast cancer, according to a leading charity.There were 64,425 diagnoses of…

Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer for the past year. The 85-year-old singer said his cancer had “gone at the moment”…

My husband died of prostate cancer in August, and I read your coverage of the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendations with dread (Expert panel advises against…

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,…