Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 12805
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 5 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Alistair Strathern
Labour — Hitchin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of making prostate cancer screening mandatory.
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, called the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm...
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