There is currently no screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK. This is because the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test, which is usually the first step towards a diagnosis, is not nearly accurate enough as a primary screening test.
Symptoms
If you 45 – 75 years of age and are experiencing any of the following symptoms, please book an appointment with a GP for further assessment:
- Increasing frequency of urination, needing urgent visits to the toilet
- Increasing waking up at night to go to the toilet
- Incomplete emptying of your bladder, feeling like you need to go back to the toilet again soon after
- Incontinence of urine (wetting yourself)
- Urinary infections
- Decreasing flow of urine, struggling to start urinating, dribbling
- Blood in the urine