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Prostate cancer risk and PSA test discussion planner

Choose the topics you want to discuss. This is an educational checklist, not a clinical risk calculator.

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Age, Black ethnicity, family history and some inherited gene changes can affect prostate cancer risk. This planner helps you prepare a conversation with your GP; it does not calculate your personal risk or decide whether you should have a PSA test. New or concerning symptoms need assessment at any age.

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Which questions can anyone use?

  • Tell your GP about symptoms and when they started. Ask which assessment you need and what changes mean you should seek help sooner. Do not wait for a screening age.
  • Ask how your age, general health and preferences affect the possible benefits and harms of PSA testing.
  • Tell your GP if you are Black or have Black ancestry and ask how this affects when to discuss PSA testing. A population risk figure is not a prediction for you.
  • Bring details of relatives affected and their age at diagnosis if you know them. Ask whether your history changes the testing discussion or suggests a genetics referral.
  • Tell your GP or genetics team which gene change was found. Ask about the current pathway for you; NHS PSA guidance describes a specific exception for confirmed BRCA2 changes.

Also ask what a raised or normal PSA result would mean, which follow-up tests might be needed, and when to expect results.

For urgent medical advice in England, use NHS 111. Call 999 for a life-threatening emergency, or your local emergency number outside the UK.

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