Mandatory screening for prostate cancer will not be recommended for use on the NHS, Sky News understands.

The National Screening Committee (NSC), comprised of doctors and economists, has told the government the screening is "likely to cause more harm than good".

The decision means the NHS is unlikely to offer mandatory screening for men over the age of 45.

Draft recommendations expected to be published today will instead propose checks for individuals with specific genetic mutations - known as BRCA-1 and BRCA-2.

Those genes can increase the risk of certain cancers.

When the committee last looked at the evidence in 2020, it rejected calls for screening, even though prostate cancer kills 12,000 men a year.

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