While many people are familiar with mammograms and smear tests, prostate screening is talked about far less.
To shed light on this important subject ahead of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in March, we spoke with Mr Wissam Abou-Chedid, consultant urological and robotic surgeon at Nuffield Health in Woking, Guildford, and Parkside in London, who helped demystify what the screening process currently involves.
Is there a national screening programme for prostate cancer?
“As it stands in the UK, there’s no national screening programme for prostate cancer, but any male patient above the age of 50 can go to their GP and ask to have a PSA check, as well as any man above the age of 45 who has a family history of prostate cancer,” says Abou-Chedid.
What factors increase your risk of prostate cancer?
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