Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8265

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 9 October 2024

Answered: 16 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve 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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