Prostate cancer screening possible in five years, expert says

Technological advances mean it may be possible to screen for prostate cancer in the next five years, one of the UK’s leading experts has said (David Davies/PA)

Technological advances mean it may be possible to screen for prostate cancer in the next five years, one of the UK’s leading experts has said.

At present there is no national screening programme for the disease, but Ros Eeles from the Institute of Cancer Research hopes that will change.