Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7282
Prostate Cancer: Colne Valley
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Paul Davies
Labour — Colne Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve prostate cancer (a) screening and (b) awareness in Colne Valley constituency.
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees. This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, as some of...
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