Examining NHS data, Prostate Cancer UK found that in 2022, 50,751 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, surpassing the 48,531 breast cancer diagnoses. In 2023, the number of prostate cancer cases rose to 55,033, while breast cancer diagnoses decreased to 47,526. ADVERTISEMENT The data als...
A change in NHS Prostate cancer guidelines could help deliver one of the Government's manifesto pledges to save lives through earlier diagnoses while tackling racial and regional health inequalities in just a year, say leading experts. The experts from Prostate Cancer UK, The University of Mancheste...
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Only a few years ago, a man newly diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK would most likely expect (as well as fear) immediate treatment a fast track to radiotherapy, brachytherapy, hormone therapy or surgery. But Professor Robert Thomas, consultant oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Camb...
This Clinical Policy Bulletin addresses prostate cancer screening. Medical Necessity Aetna considers the following interventions medically necessary: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening As a preventive service for men 45 years of age and older who are considered average-risk for prostate cancer, and...
Multiparametric MRI of the prostate is now recommended as the initial diagnostic test for men presenting with suspected prostate cancer, with a negative MRI enabling safe avoidance of biopsy and a positive result enabling MRI-directed sampling of lesions. The diagnostic pathway consists of several step...
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To develop the tool, Vincent J. Gnanapragasam, MD, PhD, and David R. Thurtle, MD, from Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, UK, and colleagues examined data on more than 10,000 men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer over a 10-year period. ...
We report here the first results from this cohort on the association of concentrations of blood and urine biomarkers known to be related to other non-communicable diseases with prostate cancer incidence and mortality in a large British cohort. Methods Study design and population UK Biobank is a ...
NHS England teamed up with Prostate Cancer UK earlier this year to find the 14,000 men estimated to have not yet started treatment forprostate cancerbecause of the pandemic. However, experts warn that screening for prostatecanceris not currently recommended by the UK National Screening Committee. ...