The National Screening Committee (NSC) has told the government that screening is "likely to cause more harm than good".

Mass population testing for prostate cancer will not see men proactively invited for the PSA blood test - here is all you ...

However, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) has announced its draft decision to advise the government against ...

Professor Freddie Hamdy - who advised the Government not to offer more men the PSA blood test - explains why very slow ...

Prostate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the ...

There will be exceptions for men with BRCA genetic mutations, which put them at far higher risk of prostate cancer ...

The new recommendation from the UK NSC, which is subject to consultation, is for a targeted screening programme every two years for men with a confirmed BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variant, from age 45 to ...

The UK National Screening Committee said there were more harms than benefits to using the PSA test for screening all men.

The National Screening Committee is concerned too many men would get harmful cancer treatments with a wider screening ...

Currently, the UK lacks a national, population-wide screening programme for the disease, despite persistent calls from cancer ...

A recent study showed that regular PSA testing of men over 50 could reduce deaths by 13%, a similar benefit to breast ...

It won't be cheap, but we have to do something to stop men falling through the cracks in our healthcare system.