Prostate cancer screening methods trialled in ‘pivotal moment’

Transform project has potential to reduce deaths from the disease by 40%, savings thousands of lives a year in UK

Methods of screening men for prostate cancer will be trialled in an attempt to save thousands of lives in the UK each year, in what has been hailed as a “pivotal moment” by experts.

The £42m project, known as Transform, will compare various screening methods to current NHS diagnostic processes, which can include blood tests, physical examinations and biopsies.