UK government can save lives and smash inequalities by changing prostate cancer guidelines

A change in NHS Prostate cancer guidelines could help deliver one of the Government’s manifesto pledges to save lives through earlier diagnoses while tackling racial and regional health inequalities in just a year, say leading experts. The experts from Prostate Cancer UK, The University of Manchester and other institutions argue changing the NHS guidelines will allow GPs to proactively speak to men who are most at risk of getting the disease. Their paper was published July 22 in the British Journal of General Practice. It supports changes that would see health care professionals telling men about their risk and giving Read More