Apr 9, 2025 · A saliva test may help "turn the tide" on prostatecancer, UK scientists claim. It analyses men's DNA to work out who was born with the greatest risk of developing the disease. Apr 10, 2025 · Around 12,000 men in the UK die from prostatecancer every year. Calls for the routine testing of healthy men – known as screening – have grown louder since Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy announced he had terminal prostatecancer. Jun 1, 2024 · A new saliva test for identifying men at high risk of prostatecancer could help find more cases of the disease earlier, when doctors have a better chance of treating it successfully. Apr 28, 2025 · A new study reveals that a polygenic risk score, based on saliva DNA, could identify life-threatening prostatecancer missed by traditional PSA screening. Here's what men need to know. Jun 7, 2024 · As the PSA test is often inaccurate, the PRS saliva test could offer an additional screening tool to be offered to men at higher risk of prostatecancer, or those presenting with symptoms. Apr 11, 2025 · A simple at-home spit test may be more accurate at detecting prostatecancer than the current prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, new NIHR-funded research suggests.