United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 53507
Prostate Cancer: Screening
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21 September 2022
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28 September 2022 · Answer
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28 September 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national prostate cancer screening programme similar to the breast cancer and cervical cancer screening programmes.
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21 September 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national prostate cancer screening programme similar to the breast cancer and cervical cancer screening programmes.
Source: Commons
28 September 2022
Answer
No assessment has been made. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not currently recommend the introduction of prostate screening, as there is no accurate test. There is insufficient evidence for clinicians to determine those men who require t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-21/53507
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1507337
- uk · wq-1507337 · source updated 28 September 2022