An interesting piece (£) in today’s Sunday Times. The bottom line (ahem)? The PSA blood test is a far better indicator of possible prostate cancer than a digital rectal examination (DRE). In the same paper, here, Jeremy Clarkson speculates that doctors carry out DREs and cup testicles while men cough, purportedly to check for hernias, for their personal enjoyment.

In my view all men should get a PSA test carried out twice annually. If your GP refuses – or offers a DRE instead, buy a test on Amazon, after watching Andy Johnston demonstrates the use of a prostate cancer test (PSA) (2022).

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