28 March 2025, 08:19 | Updated: 28 March 2025, 10:10

By Laura Kerby

Over 50,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK, yet there is still no national screening programme.

Dads. Brothers. Sons. Mates. Nearly all of us know someone who has heard the words “you have prostate cancer”. Too many of us have lost that person.

And cases continue to rise. The most common cancer in men recently became the most common cancer in England, with the number of diagnoses surpassing those of breast cancer for two years in a row and shooting up by a quarter between 2019 and 2023.

Despite this, prostate cancer still has no national screening programme and GPs remain bound by outdated NHS guidance that fails men at highest risk.

The earlier you find prostate cancer, the easier it is to treat. But most men with early prostate cancer don’t have any signs or symptoms.

However, NHS guidelines today stop GPs from proactively discussing the PSA blood test (the best first step to finding signs of prostate cancer) with the men who are most likely to get........

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