P-03-113 - PSA Tests
Petition Received: 21 February 2008
Lead Petitioner: Geraldine Long (AICR)
Number of Petitioners:
Petition Wording:
Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) calls upon the National Assembly for Wales to hange NHS policy to make the PSA test available on demand for all men over 50 and help save more than 10,000 men who die of prostate cancer each year.
One of the things American men have that our Briish men don't, is routine access to the PSA test, a blood test administered by GPs that can diagnose prostate cancer. Although the test has some important drawbacks, evidence from around the world shows that the wider use of the PSA test is associated with higher prostate cancer survival rates. In the UK, men who are concerned about their prostate have no automatic right to the PSA test. The five year survival rate of prostate cancer in the USA is 98.5%, compared with just 70% here.
Petition Status: Closed on 9 July 2008
Link to the transcript of the meeting on 9 July 2008
