Researchers said current tests are linked to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of low-risk cancer.
Using MRI scans to screen men for prostate cancer could reduce deaths from the disease “significantly”, researchers have suggested.
Of the group, 32 had lower PSA levels than the current screening benchmark of 3ng/ml, meaning they would not have been referred for further investigation. “Our results give an early indication that MRI could offer a more reliable method of detecting potentially serious cancers early, with the added benefit that less than 1% of participants were ‘over-diagnosed’ with low-risk disease,” she added.
Nick James, a professor of prostate and bladder cancer research at the Institute of Cancer Research in London said the study “further reinforces the value of MRI in the diagnostic pathway for prostate cancer”. Prof Sir Mike Richards, chairman of the UK National Screening Committee , said the organisation does not currently recommend prostate cancer screening “because there is no clear evidence that the benefits outweigh the harms”.He added: “The UK NSC will soon commission a major piece of work to consider six prostate cancer screening proposals that were submitted during its annual call for topics.
“These results are extremely exciting, and we now want to see much larger, UK-wide studies to understand if using MRI as the first step in getting tested could form the basis of a national screening programme.”
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