New blood test combined with image-based prostate cancer screening reduces harm and costs

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New blood test combined with image-based prostate cancer screening reduces harm and costs

The combination of a novel blood test and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reduce overdiagnosis of low-risk cancers as well as societal costs in prostate cancer screening, according to a cost-effectiveness study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal European Urology. The results provide support for organized prostate cancer testing in Sweden, researchers say.

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