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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Watchdog bans ads for at-home prostate cancer testing kits and supplements

Adverts for at-home prostate cancer tests that claim to offer a diagnosis, including one that suggests patients can “skip the doctors” have been banned by watchdogs.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned six online ads promoting prostate supplements and home-testing kits warning they could “mislead vulnerable people” or steer them away from "appropriate medical advice”.

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