SCREENING WON'T CUT DEATH TOLL

HEALTH chiefs have rejected calls for more men to get routine prostate cancer tests.

- BY MARTIN BAGOT Health Editor

The UK National Screening Committee warned routine testing causes many to needlessly go under the knife and has refused to check the more at risk, such as Black men and those with a family history.

It comes despite a campaign by Olympic star Sir Chris Hoy, 50, who has a terminal diagnosis, calling for more men to get routine checks.

The UKNSC said wider screening would not reduce deaths overall but did recommend it for "a few thousand" men with the BRCA gene.