Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 26803
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce age-related universal testing for prostate cancer.
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended in the United Kingdom, due to the inaccuracy of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test.A UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) review, looking at whether to offer scree...
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