Cancer: New blood test could catch prostate cancer early

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Research finds that measuring sugar in blood could help find the cancer when it is asymptomatic.

Wales is one of the worst affected regions in the UK for late prostate cancer referrals and diagnosis, according to Prostate Cancer UK.

Dr Jason Webber has received more than £400,000 for research to create a new type of non-invasive blood test. "By identifying those patients with aggressive disease early on we hope that they can be targeted with the correct treatment allowing the disease to be treated," he said.In 2017, Mr Gammon, from Monmouthshire found out he had prostate cancer at 56. He had surgery to remove the prostate, and all seemed fine.

He said the new test could encourage more men to actively get tested, as he thinks people feel embarrassed by the physical exams in the anus."We know the PSA test is not reliable but it's all we've got but until something else comes along I am a fan of it.

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