United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4826
Prostate Cancer: Screening
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9 September 2024
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12 September 2024 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of introducing national screening for prostate cancer.
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9 September 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of introducing national screening for prostate cancer.
Source: Commons
12 September 2024
Answer
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, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, a...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-09-09/4826
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1728258
- uk · wq-1728258 · source updated 12 September 2024