Screening for prostate cancer may soon become available

Wed, 04 Jun 2014

Blindness to prostate cancer currently leaves a great many Manx men at risk – but may soon be a thing of the past.

Prostate Cancer UK has announced plans to fund research that promises to ‘revolutionise’ the way specialists detect and treat the cancer.

There’s currently no screening programme for the disease.

Steve Upsdell is the consultant urologist at Noble’s Hospital, he told us new techniques would be welcome on the Island: