United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 22669
Prostate Cancer: Screening
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8 January 2025
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13 January 2025 · Answer
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13 January 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a national screening programme for prostate cancer.
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8 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a national screening programme for prostate cancer.
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13 January 2025
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended in the United Kingdom, due to the inaccuracy of the current best test Prostate Specific Antigen.A UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) review looking at whether to offer screening for prostate...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-08/22669
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1753543
- uk · wq-1753543 · source updated 13 January 2025