Swiss Doctors Develop Prostate Cancer Detection App
Doctors at the Aarau Cantonal Hospital in Switzerland have developed an app that promotes early detection of prostate cancer by analyzing a person’s risk based on their PSA level, age, family history and other relevant factors.
ProstateCheck also calculates the likelihood that the user will develop prostate cancer in the next four, eight or twelve years.
The aim is to get men into cancer screening early on, says Franz Recker, co-developer of the app along with Maciej Kwiatkowski. The app also helps prevent unnecessary exams, as not every tumor detected early on needs to be treated, and can extend the amount of time between screenings by up to seven years, Recker says.
The app is available for Apple and Android devices in English, German, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish. — Kellen Owings