The Association for International Cancer Research has set up a petition on
the No.10 website asking for the PM to make the PSA test for prostate cancer
available on demand for men over 50. It reads as follows:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to change NHS
policy to make the PSA test available on demand for all men
over 50 and help save more than 10,000 men who die of prostate
cancer each year.
One of the things American men have that our British men don't,
is routine access to the PSA test, a blood test administered by
GPs that can diagnose prostate cancer. Although the test has
some important drawbacks, evidence from around the world shows
that the wider use of the PSA test is associated with higher
prostate cancer survival rates. In the UK, men who are
concerned about their prostate have no automatic right to the
PSA test. The five year survival rate of prostate cancer in the
USA is 98.5%, compared with just 70% here.
If you'd like to sign up, please follow this link:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/AICRPSACampaign/ 
