Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme Question and Answers

• What is the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme?
• What does the information pack contain?
• How was the information pack developed?
• How will this impact on the GP's work load?
• Is this initiative UK wide?
• What about men who require further information?
• Why isn't there a national screening programme for prostate cancer in England?
• Will a national screening programme be introduced?
• Is the Department of Health funding any research into prostate cancer?
• What do we know about prostate cancer?
• Are some men more at risk of developing prostate cancer?
• What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
• What is the PSA test?
• What are the limitations of the test?
• And the benefits of the test?
• What are the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme's referral guidelines?
• If early prostate cancer is detected, what treatments are used?