#ProstateCancerScreening
#PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
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#ProstateCancerscreening is contentious. Citing lack of evidence for screening is cold comfort to high risk black men/ those with FHx .
£4.5million: proud to co-lead co-design with & by underserved men www.yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk/news/thousan...
Thousands of men in Yorkshire to take part in new prostate screening trial - Yorkshire Cancer Research
Thousands of men in Yorkshire will be offered the opportunity to take part in a new £4.5 million prostate screening trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.
www.yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
July 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I wrote an article about the National Screening Committees decision not to recommend #prostatecancerscreening I’m very happy to hear the views of any experts to correct anything I’ve said or misinterpreted runningintocancer.co.uk/2026/05/29/p...
Prostate Cancer Screening – Let’s look at the numbers
The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has reached its decision on screening and the answer was largely that they don’t recommend it. Even for those at the highest risk. Black men over 45 who ha…
runningintocancer.co.uk
May 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
With a #UKcommittee poised to deliver a decision on a national #prostatecancerscreening programme, a long-running #Europeanstudy has shed further light on the benefits and risks of such a #policy.

pharmaphorum.com/news/uk-mull...
As UK mulls prostate cancer screening, study shows benefit
New data has shown that the balance between the benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening has improved with longer follow-up.
pharmaphorum.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'Soho House boss: Prostate cancer screening is essential. I want to save Telegraph readers'
www.telegraph.co.uk/christma...
#TheProstateProject #Telegraph #ProstateCancerScreening
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The #MorningStar has an excellent article on #ProstateCancerScreening, the harms of indiscriminate PSA testing really are clear, based onthe JCVI reprot last year www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pros...
Prostate cancer – to screen or not to screen?
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is an enzyme produced by cells in the prostate. One of its roles is to break down the main protein component of semen, making it more liquid after ejaculation.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
May 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM