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Jeremy Clarkson and Stephen Fry urge Government to act on prostate cancer
The letter says current testing rules leave high-risk men without guaranteed access to a PSA test that could save their lives.
- Jeremy Clarkson and Sir Stephen Fry are leading a campaign urging Health Secretary Yvette Cooper to review prostate cancer screening policies, arguing the current approach fails to protect men at risk.
- The National Screening Committee recommended against universal PSA testing earlier this year, stating it is "likely to cause more harm than good," prioritizing only men with specific gene mutations.
- More than 55,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually, with around 12,300 deaths; Jeremy Clarkson and Sir Stephen Fry, alongside Lord David Cameron and Rishi Sunak, claim current rules leave high-risk men without guaranteed testing access.
- The Transform trial, funded by the NIHR and Prostate Cancer, is currently evaluating new screening methods; experts hope initial findings within months will report on combining genetic tests and 10-minute MRI scans.
- Signatories, including Sir Steve McQueen and Colin McFarlane, urged Cooper to "commit to a targeted national screening programme," asserting the Secretary has the power to change the current ruling.
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