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Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

Asked by Alex BallingerLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 February 2025UIN 29694

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equal access to diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

NHS England is taking steps to raise awareness of the symptoms of prostate cancer, where there are opportunities to do so. To address disparities and find ways to better detect prostate cancer, we have invested £16 million in the TRANSFORM trial, aimed at helping to find a way of catching prostate cancer in men, even if they are not displaying any symptoms. This research will ensure that one in ten participants are black men to address identified inequalities.

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