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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Prostate cancer spit test raises hopes for men with genetic risk of disease

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At-home spit tests are better than the standard blood test for identifying men who have a high genetic risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, early research suggests.

The preliminary findings, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, raise hopes of a potentially more accurate screening tool for a disease that claims around 12,000 lives a year in the UK.

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