RE: Still not sure of this....6 Oct 2023 18:18
From your first link 404x, makes interesting reading!
Oxford's PSE test was launched in the UK and the US yesterday after clearing all clinical hurdles, and is available to private patients. The costs of the test are absorbed between the patient's doctor and health insurer, with results back within five days. It is an innovation that chief executive, Jon Burrows, wants to get into the hands of GPs in the NHS as quickly as he can. He has yet to apply to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), the health body which approves new tests and drugs, but hopes the NHS will fast-track the test once it's been cleared.
Both Nice and the NHS should move swiftly. Around 50,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, so the earlier the diagnosis, the better the prognosis. As Burrows told me, using the new test will save the NHS a huge amount of money because clinics won't need to carry out biopsies or use MRIs scans.