A new at-home spit test for prostate cancer may be better than current testing methods, a new study has suggested. Experts have developed a new saliva test which analyses genetic variants in a man’s ...

Around 55,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK. Some 12,000 men in the UK die from the disease each year, according to Cancer Research UK figures ...

Scientists writing in the New England Journal of Medicine said a genetic test using saliva is more accurate than a PSA blood test to assess prostate cancer risk.

The PSA test is currently used to identify men at higher risk of prostate cancer due to age, ethnicity, or symptoms. However, ...

As many men delay seeing a doctor out of embarrassment, a number of non-invasive tests for prostate and testicular cancer are on the horizon that are even more accurate in detecting the disease in ...

A spit test for prostate cancer could be better at detecting the disease than present methods such as blood tests, a study ...

A new spit test for prostate cancer has helped two brothers discover life-threatening tumours that were missed by traditional ...

Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer in England, with around 55,000 cases and 10,200 deaths each year. The test involves extracting DNA from a saliva sample and looking for ...

A spit test, developed by London's Institute of Cancer Research, can help detect prostrate cancer better than the ...

The new prostate cancer spit test reduced the number of false positive results and picked up a higher proportion of aggressive cancers.

An at-home saliva test that assesses genetic risk of prostate cancer may be more accurate than PSA level or MRI.

A new spit test for prostate cancer which can be done at home may be better than current testing methods, a study suggests.