PERSONAL SCREENING - Prostate Screening Test

An easy to use visual test to detect abnormal levels of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) above the expected normal range

1 Test for Home Use.

For external use only

Contents:

1 foiled prostate test cassette and dropper

1 test solution

2 finger prink devices (lancets – CE0050)

1 instruction leaflet

The test is suitable for you to undertake at home as a simple visual test to detect abnormal levels of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) using a small blood sample. The test is designed to detect levels of PSAabove the expected normal range, producing a visual result in 10 minutes.

Do not carry out this test if you are using 5 a -reductase inhibitors such as finasteride, as it may alter or suppress levels of PSA

A HEALTHY PROSTATE

Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in men – effecting 1 in 12

The prostate is a gland that lies at the base of the bladder. It produces the fluid in semen.

There are a number of conditions that can cause the prostate to be enlarged. This can result in symptoms such as a need to urinate more often, difficulty urinating or an inability to completely empty the bladder. In the early stages of some conditions there are no symptoms.

In the past 20 years, cases of prostate cancer have increased by 50% in men under 60 and the survival rate in England is only 45%

RECOGNISE THE RISK AND ACT

TAKE THE TEST

This finger prick test analyses a drop of blood. It detects levels of PSA (prostate specific antigen). Elevated levels of PSA are linked to some prostate disorders such as enlarged prostate or cancer.

Researchers in the USA estimate that 50%of men over fifty years of age have some form of prostate cancer