Government update issued after Brits call for cancer diagnosis tests change
The Department of Health and Social Care has released a major update following thousands of Britons' demands for changes to prostate cancer testing as part of a parliamentary campaign. The petition sought to make PSA testing routinely accessible to men at elevated risk, given that prostate cancer is the most common form of the disease amongst men in the UK.
PSA tests assess the level of prostate-specific antigen in the blood and are frequently utilised by the NHS to identify prostate issues. Nevertheless, these examinations aren't routinely offered within the health service, nor are they part of a national screening programme.
Despite the petition arguing that it's 'time to review NHS guidelines' and 'invest i