Disease of the month: Prostate cancer

Good news for the male population: British scientists have moved a step closer to developing a urine test to identify men at risk of getting prostate cancer. They have discovered that a protein found in urine is affected by a genetic change linked to the cancer. Although more work is still needed, this could potentially lead to the development of a reliable test costing as little as £5.50. This development could offer a welcome alternative or replacement to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, which is notoriously inaccurate and costly. Figures show that 10-15% of men will ...