Oncology news

Awareness of prostate health is alarmingly low in men over 50, a new survey [1] commissioned by the European Association of Urology (EAU) has revealed, despite the fact that at the age of 60 and over, 40 percent of men suffer from an enlarged prostate.

Poor nutritional choices, including a high intake of ultra-processed foods and trans-fats, are putting millions of Europeans at an increased risk of a range of chronic digestive diseases, including digestive cancers, wheat related disorders and functional GI disorders, as well as obesity, a new report shows [1].

Cervical cancer could be eliminated as a public health problem in most countries by the end of the century by rapid expansion of existing interventions, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Oncology journal [1].

After years of decline, prostate cancer mortality has increased last years in several countries. The late detection of advanced prostate cancer, often due to a lack of awareness, is likely a reflection of this revised trend. Although it is well-known that Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests in population-based screening programmes reduce the prostate cancer mortality rate, the discussion on overdiagnosis and overtreatment continues. A good reason for the European Association of Urology (EAU) to publish a policy paper on this topic [1] and invite European influencers to rediscuss the need for population-based prostate cancer screening programmes at a European level during the European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day (EPAD) 2019 [2].