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Osakidetza has launched an investigation to determine whether prostate cancer screening should be introduced or not

The program, in its pilot phase, has invited 10,000 men between the ages of 50 and 70 and is part of a broader cancer prevention and early diagnosis strategy.

 

Prostate cancer.

Osakidetza has invited 50 to 70 years \u00A10,000 men to participate in a study on the advisability or otherwise of establishing prostate cancer screening in the Basque Country.

On theoccasion of World Prostate Cancer Day , the Department of Health of the Basque Government has recalled that prevention and early detection are essential in a disease such as cancer, which has become the main cause of death in the Basque Country 27% of all deaths.

Prostate is the majority of male cancer cases and causes 9.4% of deaths.

In June, the study that will assess the implantation of a population screening would be added to active screening programs for breast, colorectal and rectal cancer zerbix.

Osakidetza recalls that the former has helped reduce mortality by 16%, the latter by 30% and the third by 3%.

In addition, the Biobizkaia Health Research Institute is involved in a pioneering European project to study an early screening model for a0lung cancer.

More than 1,400 volunteers from Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa have already gathered in an early stadium after being diagnosed with cancer.

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