Prostate cancer screening: Committee says no to testing all men

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By Jane Kirby, PA

Prostate cancer screening should not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the government has said.

In a draft recommendation, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) said it would not recommend population screening using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test because it “is likely to cause more harm than good”.