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Storm Newton

More black men to be invited to prostate cancer screening trial

The programme is expected to be rolled out in 2027 (Alamy/PA) -

Thousands more black men will be invited to take part in a prostate cancer screening trial as the Health Secretary insisted he is “following the science” in not backing population-wide testing.

James Murray accepted a recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) that will result in only a few thousand high-risk men with a gene mutation being screened for the disease.

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