Routine Prostate Cancer Test Rejected for Most Men in UK
Prostate cancer visualized by ultrasound.
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Prostate cancer tests in the UK will only be offered to men with a specific cancer gene variant in a controversial decision that will put pressure on the government to overrule the advice.
Targeted screening for men with a BRCA1/2 gene variant will be cost-effective and result in less over-diagnosis of prostate cancer, the UK National Screening Committee said Friday. However, it didn’t include modeling on the cost of the gene testing itself.