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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

UNCOVERED: Call to ditch test by request approach to prostate cancer care | History Defined

Academics have called for a change in the way men are tested for prostate cancer, warning the current “test by request” policies can drive health inequalities and lead to cases of “overdiagnosis”.

Experts said that many high income countries, including the UK, do not have a national screening programme for prostate cancer.

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