The Press Association: 'Prostate cancer breakthrough due'

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A leap

forward in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate

cancer

was predicted after a genetic breakthrough by British-led scientists.

Within

four years a reliable screening test for identifying men at high risk of the

disease could be available for the first time. This will in itself help doctors

tackle prostate

cancer

at the earliest possible stage, before it becomes dangerously advanced.

But the

discovery of seven previously unknown genetic code variations linked to the

disease could also open the door to completely new drug treatments.