Experts expected to advise against routine prostate cancer screening for majority of men in UK

Experts expected to advise against screening most men for prostate cancerpublished at 11:26 GMT

11:26 GMT

Most men would not be routinely tested for prostate cancer under expected recommendations from the expert group which advises the government and NHS on screening.

Instead, the UK National Screening Committee is expected to recommend only screening for men with the genetic variants BRCA1 and BRCA2 who are between the ages of 45 and 61.

There is currently no population-wide screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK. But some groups and high-profile individuals have been campaigning for changes – particularly for groups with a higher risk of getting prostate cancer.

NHS England says men may have a higher chance of getting prostate cancer if they are over 50, come from a black ethnic background, have a family history of the disease, or if a close relative has had breast or ovarian cancer.

The full details of the committee’s report are due at 15:00. Stay with us as we bring you more.