Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 8772 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage screening for and (b) increase the rate of early diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 17 Oct 2024
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 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men as some...