United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 20722
Prostate Cancer: Screening
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17 December 2024
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6 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national prostate-specific antigen screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK.
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17 December 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national prostate-specific antigen screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK.
Source: Commons
6 January 2025
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-17/20722
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1750563
- uk · wq-1750563 · source updated 6 January 2025