Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,29 Sep 2023,45 mins

Breakthrough for prostate cancer treatment

The World Tonight

Available for over a year

New hope of much faster treatment for thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer - a major study has cut treatment times dramatically. We speak to the leading cancer researcher who says the breakthrough is the among the biggest achievements of his career. Also on the programme: Donor-conceived young people turning 18 will have the right to know the identity of their donors for the first time. We hear the impact that could have on one family. The US calls on Serbia to withdraw its forces from the border with Kosovo - amid fears it could be about to invade its neighbour. And 27 years after the drive-by murder of the rapper Tupac Shakur - a man has been arrested in Las Vegas.

Programme Website
More episodes