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Prostate cancer screening only for "a few thousand" high risk men

BBC Health Thursday 28 May 2026, 11:00 UTC 1 min read
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UK advisors recommend that prostate cancer screening should be limited to a small group of high-risk men. This advice suggests that only men possessing a dangerous genetic variant or those with a family history of cancer should be offered the screening.

Only men with a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be offered screening, say UK advisors.
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