"Prostate cancer screening will not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men across the UK, according to the expected recommendations from a panel of expert government health advisers. The UK national screening committee is expected to only recommend screening for men with the genetic variants BRCA1 and BRCA2 who are between the ages of 45 and 61. Only a few thousand men are expected to be eligible for screening across the UK,"
"with about 1 in 260 men believed to have one of the faulty gene variants. Currently, there is no population-wide screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK. However, all men over 50 can request a PSA test to check if they have prostate cancer. Those men, and those in the higher risk groups, including black men and those with a family history of cancer, can talk to their GP about the pros and cons of having the test."
The UK national screening committee is expected to recommend prostate cancer screening only for men aged 45 to 61 who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic variants. Only a few thousand men across the UK are likely to be eligible, with roughly one in 260 men carrying a faulty variant. There is no population-wide prostate screening programme; men over 50 can request a PSA test. Men in higher-risk groups, including Black men and those with a family cancer history, can discuss testing with their GP. Prostate cancer is the UK’s second most common cancer, with about 55,300 new diagnoses and 12,200 deaths annually.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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