Screening for prostate cancer reduces deaths by 20pc

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ANI Washington
Last Updated : Aug 07 2014 | 4:45 PM IST

A new study has shown that screening for prostate cancer could reduce deaths from the disease by about a fifth.

According to the long-term results of a major European study, screening appeared to reduce prostate cancer deaths by 15 percent at 9 years, and this improved to 22 percent at 11 years, and the risk of advanced prostate cancer was also smaller in the screening group.

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First Published: Aug 07 2014 | 4:33 PM IST

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