for prostate cancer to see if it should eventually be offered routinely on the NHS.
About three in four men with a raised PSA level will not have cancer and the test can also miss more than one in 10 cancers. The experts from University College London who are running the screening trial hope MRI will detect serious cancers earlier while reassuring the majority of men that they don't have cancer.
The chances of developing prostate cancer increase with age. Most cases develop in men aged 50 or older. More aggressive prostate cancer will need immediate treatment, which includes surgery and radiotherapy.Co-researcher Prof Caroline Moore said:"We know that at the moment around 6,000 men a year are diagnosed with late-stage cancer, where it is not curable.
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