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jda 1:02pm 1:02pm, 6 Mar 2025 18,552 posts	Quote Pin jda Oh of course yes I take what's on offer (did the poo stick just recently). And my wife has a family history of bowel cancer so has a few extra checks related to that. But my family history of cancer is a (smoking) grandfather who died of lung cancer and a sister with breast cancer, neither of which seem likely to indicate a big risk for me. FiL died with (not of) prostate cancer of some decades duration.
LindsD 1:11pm 1:11pm, 6 Mar 2025 73,027 posts	Quote Pin LindsD How did he get that @Mandymoo Asking for OH
Mandymoo 1:33pm 1:33pm, 6 Mar 2025 20,973 posts	Quote Pin Mandymoo @LindsD we had a letter from NHS - it's a targeted lung health check programme
LindsD 1:48pm 1:48pm, 6 Mar 2025 73,028 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Ah thanks
57.5 Degrees of Pain 1:50pm 1:50pm, 6 Mar 2025 27,491 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain The pharmacy chain in my home town (owned by a late 50s man I grew up with) are offering low cost (free if you were quick to sign up) PSA tests. Not sure if this is really a good idea given the sensitivity and specificity numbers.
MsG 2:53pm 2:53pm, 6 Mar 2025 2,771 posts	Quote Pin MsG The national screening committee site I linked to on page 4673 also has info on the lung check programme. 57.5 - it's similar for any of the DIY tests now available. It causes problems where personal HPV testing is done in addition to the regular screening programme as the cervical screening intervals are evidence based (for HPV negative). We have GP surgeries taking samples outside the programme to follow up a DIY test. Or being asked what being HPV positive means and what should they do (after a DIY kit). Those selling the kits need to take more responsibility, imo. There needs to be adequate information available so the layperson can understand and assess the relative benefits of testing. However as a fair chunk of the public think that screening tests should pick 100% of the target disease (not really possible) there is a long way to go for that.
MsG 2:54pm 2:54pm, 6 Mar 2025 2,772 posts	Quote Pin MsG *all the screening intervals are evidence based, I meant the 3 or 5 year recall from HPV negative.
LindsD 6:30pm 6:30pm, 6 Mar 2025 73,033 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Thank you @MsG