Interesting. I would strongly recommend every man over 50 to have free six-monthly PSA blood tests on the NHS, ignore attempts to dissuade you on the grounds of “false positives” and “false negatives”. Raised PSA levels mean further investigations are necessary.

One in eight white men and one in four black men will contract prostate cancer. It kills more men than breast cancer kills women.

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