How to navigate a prostate cancer diagnosis – as screening decision announced

Navigating a cancer diagnosis is a deeply personal process, and every individual copes differently (Alamy/PA) - (Alamy/PA)

After much deliberation, a government advisory committee announced on Friday afternoon that it will not be recommending population-wide prostate cancer screening in the UK.

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) stated in a draft recommendation that the main reason for not recommending population screening using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is that it is “likely to cause more harm than good.”