cancer so that we find that at curable stage. cancer so that we find that at curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities want curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities want all - curable stage. we know prostate cancer charities want all men - curable stage. we know prostate | cancer charities want all men over 52 go for a psa test in the uk but not all doctors have the capacity to meet that demand. could the mri scan instead of a blood test change it could do. we have to spend money wisely, but screening programmes are are usually run in a slightly separately to your local gp surgery, sophie was put into screening programme in due course it s likely you put a special screening centre, and this approach had less overdiagnosis than a single standard blood tests. it overdiagnosis than a single standard blood tests. , ., ., ., blood tests. if you want to find it more and all blood tests. if you want to find it more and all
you re at even higher risk. a psa test is a blood test that measures the amount of prostate specific antigen. if that s raised you may have a problem with your prostate, but not necessarily cancer. you have the right to a psa test if you re over 50. like nick, a viewer who got in touch. i was persuaded by my wife to have psa test. after seeing bill turnbull s sad story on bbc breakfast, i thought we had better get checked out. bearing in mind i had a history with prostate cancer. my father sadly died from it as well. i thought i might as well even though i had no symptoms at all. after the tests showed my psa was slightly higher at 7.6, i was sent for an mri scan in
october. that came back with 0ctober. that came back with abnormalities by the shape of that, different shades on the actual prostate itself, so i sent for biopsies. i had the results back on the 5th ofjanuary biopsies. i had the results back on the 5th of january when they told me i had prostate cancer. i had prostate cancer. thank you for shafinu i had prostate cancer. thank you for sharing that i had prostate cancer. thank you for sharing that story. i had prostate cancer. thank you for sharing that story. we i had prostate cancer. thank you for sharing that story. we wish - i had prostate cancer. thank you for sharing that story. we wish him - all the best. nick 0wen was very keen to get people to have a psa test. lots of you have said you have had problems getting a test. colin said he was 69 and asked for a psa test on more than one occasion but they are unwilling to give you one, he says. chris says it is great urging them to have a psa blood test. in my area gps will no