Pioneering spit test to 'turn the tide on prostate cancer'
The saliva test searches for markers in patients' DNA to determine their genetic risk of developing prostate cancer.
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The saliva test searches for markers in patients' DNA to determine their genetic risk of developing prostate cancer.
MEN could be checked for prostate cancer with a simple saliva test after a trial found it works better than blood testing.It could save them unnecessa
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 1 in 8 men getting the disease in their lifetime - which is why experts are so excited about this new breakthrough
Writing on the Department of Health and Social Care's Twitter this month, officials suggested that all men over the age of 50 - and black men over 45 - should speak to their GP about prostate cancer.
A study examined whether the ‘seesaw has tipped in favour of screening’.