Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8059

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

Tabled: 8 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Alex Easton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase access to and (b) improve prostate cancer (i) diagnosis and (ii) treatment, in the context of disparities in early detection rates across differe

Answer

The Department has invested £16 million in the TRANSFORM trial which seeks to find ways to diagnose prostate cancer as early as possible. This trial will compare the most promising tests to look for prostate cancer in men that do not have symptoms, and ai...

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