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Changes to prostate screening guidelines 'risky': surgeon

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A prostate cancer specialist is warning more men could die from the disease in the future as a result of a recent change in diagnostic guidelines by General Practitioners. Under the policy, GPs will no longer recommend testing for prostate cancer unless a patient requests it.


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By Naomi Selvaratnam, Tanu Attajarusit

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A prostate cancer specialist is warning more men could die from the disease in the future as a result of a recent change in diagnostic guidelines by General Practitioners. Under the policy, GPs will no longer recommend testing for prostate cancer unless a patient requests it.


Image: Urological Surgeon Professor Henry Woo with his patient, Henry Hung (SBS)


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