Some sort of screening programme should be top of the NHS priority list.
I know it's proving slightly more difficult to get a reliable blood test but as I say should be right up there on the priority list.
Some sort of screening programme should be top of the NHS priority list.
I know it's proving slightly more difficult to get a reliable blood test but as I say should be right up there on the priority list.
That sort of thing would only happen if it affected women, blacks, Asians (not Chinese), gays or trannies more than straight white men.
We just don't matter enough.
I'd like to think that isn't the case.....but I do think women's health takes a bit more priority in Scotland
Think black men are higher risk of prostate cancer.
But it takes so many too in the prime of life.
Breast screening must have saved tens of thousands since it's Inception.
Why I bring it up is the advert on TV that says you are entitled to a blood test if over 50......the reality seems to be very different.
The information is freely available on the internet what happened when the Chernobyl fallout cloud spread westwards over the U.K. at the beginning of May 1986.
It should not be difficult for health professionals to investigate the number of deaths where Carcinoma is listed as a cause of death on a death certificate before the beginning of May 1986 and post May 1986.
I have never been offered a blood test for protest cancer since I became 50 years old.
However since my 50th birthday I have received a bowel cancer test kit which is easy to use.
My GP surgery in Dundee was one of the pilot surgeries for men and women aged 50 and over to receive a bowel cancer test kit before it was later rolled out throughout the whole of Scotland.
when i get my blood pressure checked yearly they also check bloods for kidney/liver etc 2 years ago i asked that seeing as they were checking could they do the prostate blood test at same time. no problem they just took an extra bit of blood,so id agree that it appears its best to ask.
as an aside id asked S M when he was at dens that it could be a good idea to try and get the dogs in(the ones that detect prostate cancer) could possibly have been done on a matchday as a certain turnstyle,the dogs are like drug dogs and just sit down when they sniff a possible cancer case.
However batted out the park was that idea