Prostate cancer patients have diagnosis worries. Check findings

Prostate cancer patients across the UK are facing a worry in form of diagnosis, according to Prostate Cancer UK, a registered charity in England and Wales. Prostate Cancer UK has said that the GPs must focus on PSA blood testing, according to a Guardian report.

PSA blood testing is generally prescribed for men at risk of prostate cancer.

According to Prostate Cancer UK, the diagnosis at advanced stage depends on the location where the patient resides.


Prostate Cancer UK study has found that in London, 12.5 per cent of men are diagnosed at the stage 4. This means that cancer has already spread to other parts, a stage which is known as metastatic cancer. In Scotland, the number goes beyond 35 per cent.

Prostate Cancer UK has study has looked into the number of patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. This type of cancer is tough to cure.



They have found the region wise data - 20.1 per cent in Yorkshire, 20 per cent in Northern Ireland, 19 per cent in Wales, and 17.8 per cent in Midlands.

In the south-west, the number is 16.8 per cent, 15.6 per cent in the East, 14.7 per cent in the south-east, and 12.5 per cent in London.

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