Prostate cancer hopes raised after at-home spit test trials

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Research suggests cheap and simple spit tests may be better at catching the disease than blood tests.

Saliva tests carried out at home are better at identifying men who are at higher risk of prostate cancer than the standard blood test, new research suggests.

Researchers believe the cheap and simple testing method could help catch the disease earlier and save lives. Preliminary results from the research show the saliva test produced fewer false positives and picked up a higher proportion of aggressive cancers.

 

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