On an ordinary day in Brighton, Dheeresh Turnbull swabbed the inside of his cheek for science. He was healthy, with no ...

Around 55,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK. Some 12,000 men in the UK die from the disease each ...

Experts have developed a simple saliva test which analyses genetic variants in a man's DNA which appears to perform better ...

An at-home saliva test that assesses genetic risk of prostate cancer may be more accurate than PSA level or MRI.

Scientists writing in the New England Journal of Medicine said a genetic test using saliva is more accurate than a PSA blood ...

A spit test, developed by London's Institute of Cancer Research, can help detect prostrate cancer better than the ...

A spit test for prostate cancer could be better at detecting the disease than present methods such as blood tests, a study ...

A prostate cancer spit test has brought a national screening programme for the disease a step closer, experts have said. The ...

The new prostate cancer spit test reduced the number of false positive results and picked up a higher proportion of ...

A study suggests the new test, which can be done at home, may be more effective at detecting prostate cancer than more ...

“Building on decades of research into the genetic markers of prostate cancer, our study shows that the theory does work in ...

Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer in England, with around 55,000 cases and 10,200 deaths each year. The test involves extracting DNA from a saliva sample and looking for ...