PSA test for prostate cancer

Interview 17: Suppose my -, working in the field of cancer one becomes very much aware of what's going on. I suppose there's also an element of paranoia sometimes as well. But I noticed I was going to the bathroom, you know, quite a bit, quite frequently. I thought, ‘oh, what could it be?’

Interview 9: Okay basically it was brought about as far as I'm concerned, because, well, the impetus was from my father-in-law, who actually has prostate cancer.

Interview 6: Well I just went in for a normal blood test. I just went in a lovely lady sat me down and took some blood for me and said thank you very much. And off I went to work, and it was fine. It was no problem whatsoever. And I was told to ring in a couple of weeks later to find out whether it was, whether my GP want to see me again. But it was very easy, painless, and it was fine. I went to work five minutes afterwards.

Interview 27: He obviously did a rectal examination. He looked into my bladder to look at urine retention. And that combined, I think, with the PSA of 4.8 led him to be very cautious about the fact that I may actually have cancer, not necessarily have cancer, but I may have cancer. So he wanted to pursue further testing straight away.

Interview 2: So screening by PSA should only be introduced when there are data that such screening stops people dying of prostatic cancer, or at the very least improves the quality of life.