Better Men's Prostate Cancer Survival

Test Using Both Referral Routes of:

PCRMP and NICE Blood Tests

prostate cancer caught early is treatable

Prostate Cancer can have no symptoms in men. Policy from petition of victim.

• Prostate cancer is often silent, with no symptoms. Caught early, it is treatable. Both below tests need to be done.

• Blood Test for elevated Prostate specific antigen (PSA) test and enlarged prostate.

• Blood Test for Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme.

Background from UK NHS

Key prostate cancer facts:

• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the UK.

• Increasing age, family history of prostate cancer and Black ethnicity are the main risk factors.

• Over 99% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer are aged 50 or over.

• 1 in 8 of all men in the UK will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime.

• 1 in 4 Black men in the UK will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime.

The majority (90%) of Black men are not aware of this.