Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

Doctors began testing PSA levels in the 1980s to monitor diagnosed cancers. By the early 1990s, researchers promoted it for ...

Scientists are reporting a test which can predict which patients are most at risk from aggressive prostate cancer, and whether they suffer an increased chance of treatment failure. This test, reported ...

The study's testing accurately identified prostate cancer 91% of the time and accurately ruled out men without prostate cancer 84% of the time. A urine-based biomarker panel may be a promising, ...

Research from the University of Cambridge may be able to start a national screening programme for the common cancer ...

Decision making is evidence based and must be shielded from lobbying The NHS draft recommendation against routine prostate ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

You can now investigate your health worries from home, using DIY testing kits that claim to screen for a range of conditions ...

Cancer charity highlights apparent ‘postcode lottery’ of testing and diagnoses across different regions seen in study ...