“To be called in for tests for prostate cancer”
“All the men in the Västra Götaland region, born in 1970, will be offered the PSA test next year. This was decided by the health and sjukvårdsstyrelsen in the region during Thursday, reports Swedish Radio Gothenburg. It is a pilot program for the detection of prostate cancer.”
“Håkan Linnarsson, a social democrat and second deputy chairman of the health and sjukvårdsstyrelsen in the Western Region hope that the pilot project will lead to healthcare will discover 70 more cases of cancer per year.”
“– the national Board of health wants us to get a better knowledge base and then we go ahead with a limited screening.”
“– This can be a way to make the knowledge better in Sweden, but also to improve the equality of health in the Western Region, he says to P4 Göteborg.”
“the health Board in the past has been negative to the general masstestning to detect prostate cancer. The authority considers that it can lead to överdiagnostik and that the method is too uncertain. In a report from last week said, however, the national Board of health it can still be relevant with masstestning within five years.”
