Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests
Commons · Question 12107 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that men at risk of prostate cancer can access the PSA blood test.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 6 Nov 2024
Currently, men who have symptoms that could be associated with prostate cancer may be offered the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, which looks at levels of PSA in the blood, in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cancer recogn...