In 2018, the National Board of Health and Welfare recommended against the introduction of national screening for prostate cancer in Sweden.
The motivation then was that screening with only the methods that were available in 2018 would lead to many men being diagnosed with cancer unnecessarily.
Now researchers in Stockholm have investigated how a combination of magnetic resonance imaging and blood tests can improve screening for prostate cancer.
This has been done in two reports, one was published in July, the other is published today.
The results of the first report showed that examination with a magnetic camera can reduce the number of patients who are treated unnecessarily.
The report released today shows that a complementary blood test can reduce the need for MRI scans by a third.
Hear more about the new research in the clip: "Removes the main obstacle to introducing screening"