Prostate cancer project saved 36 lives, says trust

PRESSURE is growing on the Government to introduce a national screening programme for prostate cancer after an independent pilot project is believed to have saved the lives of 36 men.

A recent screening programme, initiated and funded by the Construction Workers Health Trust (CWHT), on all construction workers aged over 50, recorded a positive detection rate of prostate cancer in 1.7% of cases.

However, concern was also expressed that almost three out of four construction workers did not avail of the free test.