Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3688
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early detection of prostate cancer through screening.
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees (UK NSC). This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men as some...
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