England's Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, wants the NHS to embrace genomics technology
And GPs warned genetic test results could be"of dubious value" and leave people"unnecessarily distressed".'Surprised and concerned' Having then booked an appointment with his GP to discuss"the correct course of action", he said, he would now make sure he didn't"miss any screening appointments in the future"."Tragically, so many men don't find out they have it [the risk], until it's too late.But the average lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer for men born after 1960 in the UK is 18%, according to Cancer Research UK data.
And Prof Diana Eccles, dean of medicine and professor of cancer genetics at the University of Southampton, called his risk"pretty modest". Prostate Cancer UK said there was"no clear guidance on what men should do if a genetic risk is identified - particularly in the absence of tests suitable for a prostate cancer screening programme".
Prostate cancer does not usually cause any symptoms until the cancer has grown large enough to put pressure on the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the penis .needing to rush to the toiletweak flow of urineBut many men's prostates grow as they age because of a non-cancerous condition called prostate enlargement.
It's nice the US doesn't have a corner on the market for idiots! Any truth to the rumors that you folks are pushing anti-white propaganda? Just curious. Thanks!
Who's lobbying him BBC? - come on journalists there's more to this story than meets the eye!
Techno-salvationist willy waving [again]! What a silly man he is.
How scary is it that the Health Secretary doesn’t bother to check his pronouncements with, you know, actually doctors, before he makes them? But then again, it’s May’s Government, so why am I surprised...
BBCPolitics Turns out he really does have predominantly nodding donkey genes
You know what, if doctors give him advice of having a healthier lifestyle then all is good
If the bBC reported on a story about everybody receiving £10,000 off the government for something, they would find somebody who wasn't happy
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I bet his vision didn't stretch to funding these tests, Perhaps do it on a richest people come first basis in true Tory style.
BBCPolitics Haven't read the story but am guessing they tested Matt Hancock's DNA and discovered he is, in fact, a desperately eager to please monkey. Is that it? RevokeA50 StopBrexit
So criticism is news worthy? you are not eligible to vote so your opinions do not count so feck orf