New huge uk diagnostic trial21 Nov 2025 06:19
Ther is biggest trial of diagnosing prostate cancer now running.
Majoring on mri and psa
I wrote to the uk health minister and repoerter last time oxford wasnt on a trial, neither were interested, Meanwhile a friend of mine went to gp and received psa biopsy mri, they didnt know about oxford.
It won't be possible to volunteer for the trial, but Prostate Cancer UK is strongly encouraging anyone who receives a letter to take part.
The trial will look at how rapid MRI scans of the prostate could be combined with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests in order to improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis.
Currently, men over 50 can request a PSA test, which looks for abnormally high levels of protein in the blood, but this is unreliable, picking up many prostate cancers that would never need treatment, and missing others that do.
The trial will also use spit tests, which extract DNA from saliva, to see if this is more accurate than PSA readings.
Matthew Hobbs, director of research at Prostate Cancer UK, said current diagnostics m