Prostate cancer will be the most common type of the disease in little more than a decade and the NHS must improve care urgently, campaigners say. Forty per cent of patients receive a diagnosis only when tumours are at an advanced stage, making treatment less likely to work, and charities warn that confusion about tests and symptoms is putting lives at risk. By contrast, little more than 10 per cent of breast cancers are diagnosed at a late stage, leading to claims that men are being left behind. A report by the male cancer charity Orchid says today that 42 per cent of men with prostate cancer have to see their GP at least twice before being referred. At present 47,000 men a year are…

Source: The Times April 08, 2018 23:03 UTC