Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19562
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024
Question
Jonathan Davies
Labour — Mid Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of prostate cancer screenings.
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committee (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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