‘Proactive for your Prostate’ is a Prostate Cancer Research-led campaign that aims to change health policy and public attitudes to ensure equitable access to prostate cancer screening. Their campaign recognises that the current framework of ‘informed choice’ is ineffective. It is inefficient at detecting clinically significant prostate cancer as well as being widely inequitable.
They aim to change this framework by highlighting the need for change to national screening policy before the National Screening Committee (NSC) decision in 2025.
PCR believe that developing a screening programme to diagnose prostate cancer early should be a priority for the NHS and understand that the current evidence shows that a PSA test by itself is inadequate. However, changes to clinical practice over the last decade mean that as a minimum a targeted screening programme for those at higher risk of prostate cancer should be introduced as soon as possible. Alongside this, greater investments must be made in improving diagnostic technologies so we can develop a universal screening programme that effectively saves lives as soon as possible. This must be a priority for this government.
They need your help. Will you ask your MP to pledge their support? This must be a priority for this government. Please visit them and offer your support below
https://proactiveforyourprostate.co.uk
While this website believes we cannot wait and need an immediate screening programme now, we applaud this more to push for a screening programme.
As the editor of this page is by the header pic a 1 in 5 himself – this really cannot continue, we need to prevent premature male death – the NHS should be ashamed of itself for these campaigns being needed to bring about screening for the UK’s third biggest cancer killer.