The Daily Telegraph reported (link and link) yesterday that all men over the age of 50 could be tested for prostate cancer, the disease that kills 10,000 men per year (with 35,000 per year suffering). This was an international study that suggested screening could save thousand of lives.
The excellent Prostate Cancer Charity has had much to say (link, link and link).
To be fair, there were warm noises by the Government. They announced they will formally ask the UK National Screening Committee to review the evidence and the Chief Medical Officer has contacted all GP’s in England.
They cannot dare delay because they don't delay elsewhere as can be seen by the sad case involving Jade Goody where they are looking into reviewing the age for routine screening for cervical cancer.
That is correct of course, but the Government cannot delay in seriously studying the breakthrough on men.
Men (and their mothers, wives, daughters and sisters) will not accept any obfuscation or penny pinching.
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