
Erleada plus hormone therapy significantly improved key short- and long-term clinical outcomes

The £42m Transform trial will recruit men aged 50-74, with a lower age limit of 45 for some men

Around 55,100 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year

The authorisation approximately triples the number of patients eligible to receive the therapy

The findings could pave the way for new treatment approaches that improve patient outcomes

There is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK

The research could pave the way for the development of new drugs that prevent drug resistance

More than 52,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year

More than 3,100 people are diagnosed with the aggressive blood cancer in the UK every year

Up to 20% of patients will develop metastatic castration-resistant disease within five to seven years of diagnosis

Approximately 300,000 new cases of the disease are diagnosed in the US every year

More than 130,000 patients are treated with radiotherapy on the NHS every year