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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 264 No 7100 p893
June 10, 2000 Products

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Prostate disease home test kit

prostate disease home test kit Bodywatch prostate disease risk assessment test has been launched by Pathology Management Company (retail price £10). The home test kit detects prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a marker for prostate cancer or prostate infection, in blood. The company says that the kit provides results within 15 minutes and that a positive result warns that further medical attention should be sought.