Prostate cancer screening could save thousands of lives a year and should be made an option for the vast majority of men, a landmark review has found.
The study, carried out by a group of esteemed scientists who analysed data from nearly 800,000 participants, concluded that testing men as young as 45 for signs of prostate cancer led to fewer deaths related to the disease.
Overall, the scientists from the Cochrane Review, a highly-regarded international group of healthcare researchers, found that prostate cancer screening is comparable to existing breast and bowel cancer screening programmes.
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