Prostate Cancer Risk Management: UK Information Pack

Prostate Cancer Risk Management: UK Information Pack

Information for PSA test for prostate cancer

Information packs have been sent to General Practitioners to assist them in the counselling of men who enquire about testing for prostate cancer. The contents of the information pack for primary care are available as PDFs. The packs can be ordered by GPs from the Department of Health publication orderline.

Copies of NHS Cancer Screening Programme publications are normally free of charge for staff working within the NHS, the voluntary sector and for healthcare students.

To obtain details of prices and availability of publications to those outside the NHS, please contact the Department of Health publication orderline: Telephone: 0300 123 1002, Textphone: 0300 123 1003.

Publication orders can be placed via the Department of Health publications website. Go to http://www.orderline.dh.gov.uk. You need to be a registered customer to place orders. If you have an existing customer number you can register online or call 01300 123 1002 to set up an account.

Orders can also be placed by telephone on 0300 123 1002 (no account required).

Published July 2009
PSA testing in asymptomatic men (reference booklet PDF 398Kb)
Advising men about the PSA test for prostate cancer (summary sheet PDF 158Kb)
PSA (prostate specific antigen) testing for prostate cancer (patient information sheet PDF 116Kb)
PSA (prostate specific antigen) testing for prostate cancer (large print PDF 235Kb)

Published January 2010
PCRMP Guide No 2: PSA testing in asymptomatic men (Evidence document) (PDF 670Kb)

Other Languages

The patient information sheets about PSA (prostate specific antigen) testing for prostate cancer are available in the following languages;

A slide presentation based on the information pack has been produced. The aim is to provide health sector workers with slides to use when they are raising awareness of the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme and giving information about the PSA test.

PCRMP Slide Presentation - July 2009 (3.5Mb)

Prostate Cancer
Risk Management

Aim of Prostate Cancer
Risk Management

Questions and Answers

Prostate Specific Antigen
(PSA) Tests

Key messages on the prostate

PSA testing in England

Research

Information pack for
primary care

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