Male-only aneurysm screening programme to be introduced in UK

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"The Government is poised to introduce screening for a condition which kills more than 3,000 men a year as part of its new "predict and prevent" approach to health.

Pilot projects to screen for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) will be set up this year, with national screening to follow...

...Health Secretary Alan Johnson said: "Successful prevention would mean significantly fewer early deaths, less long-term ill-health, and a reduction in health inequalities. We are doing a lot of research to assess the potential cost-effectiveness of a 'predict and prevent' approach...

...Mr Johnson said within five years he expected to have 60 centres operational around the country, covering all 270,000 men aged 65.

It will be the first male-only screening programme, for a condition which causes roughly twice as many deaths as cervical cancer for women, which has its own screening."