Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 4826
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 12 September 2024
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of introducing national screening for prostate cancer.
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, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, a...
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