Mass population testing for prostate cancer will not see men proactively invited for the PSA blood test - here is all you need to know about who can get checked

The NHS will not be inviting all men over a certain age to be checked for prostate cancer like it does for some other cancers.

The UK National Screening Committee has recommended that the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is only proactively offered to men with the BRCA gene mutation which puts them at higher risk. However, men can still get a PSA test from their GP under specific circumstances.

Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy, who has got a terminal diagnosis, is among campaigners arguing that men with known risk factors should be invited to have a PSA test once they reach a certain age, regardless of whether they ar

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