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OBJECTIVE
We demand that the PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) Test should be available on demand in the UK.
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If we reach exactly 500 people by December 30, 2008, then we will submit a petition to the Secretary of State for Health.

THE PITCH

One of the things American men have that 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 in the UK.

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Vickie Johnstone
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“Make the PSA Test available on demand!” failed to tip before the deadline, December 31, 2008

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