Almost 50% of men given the all-clear by prostate cancer tests could actually have it

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Tests for prostate cancer may be incorrectly giving the all-clear to up to 50 per cent of men who have the disease, according to a study.
Experts believe thousands of patients with the disease could be missed every year because the standard biopsy techniques used at most NHS hospitals are flawed.
And thousands more perfectly healthy people could be wrongly diagnosed with the disease and undergoing needless radiotherapy or surgery, according to a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...e-cancer-clear-HALF-men-actually-disease.html
 
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