New Breakthrough For Prostate Cancer Test

After many years of testing a new and more accurate test for prostate cancer is being launched today, but the £300 test is only available privately at present.

The new test measures levels of a chemical called PCA3 in urine. Because cancer cells release significantly more of the molecule than normal cells, detecting the disease will be easier to diagnose.

Colin Cooper, who is a professor of molecular biology at the institute, said: “Ultimately this could prevent thousands of men from having to undergo radical surgery, which can have devastating effects.”

AS it stands at the moment Prostate cancer affects 35,000 men a year in Britain and 10,000 die from the disease.

Here below are the symptoms of what you should look for:

Symptoms include

• A frequent need to urinate
• Difficulty starting to urinate
• Straining or taking a long time to finish
• A weak flow
• Difficulty in getting or keeping an erection
• A feeling that your bladder has not emptied properly
• Pain while urinating
• Lower back pain
• Pain in the hips or pelvis
• Blood in the urine

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