Prostate cancer overdiagnosis risk sharply rises after age 70 – new research

By Adam Brentnall, Reader in Biostatistics, Queen Mary University of London
Peter Sasieni, Professor of Biostatistics and Cancer Epidemiology, Queen Mary University of London
Rhian Gabe, Professor of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, Queen Mary University of London

Over the past decade, millions of men without symptoms of prostate cancer have voluntarily undergone a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in the UK to find out if they might have prostate cancer.

While research has shown that PSA screening in men aged 50-69 years can reduce…

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