Bupa UK has launched a specialist centre for prostate cancer in partnership with Cromwell Hospital which will give patients quicker access to testing and onward care if necessary.
The need for further support follows on from research by the provider which found that one quarter of surveyed men put off having a health issue checked. Prostate cancer affects roughly around one in eight men in their lifetime but can through treatment at stages one and two it can have an almost 100% survival rate compared with around 50% at stage four, according to Prostate Cancer UK. The centres will enable Bupa customers who are worried about symptoms to get an appointment for prostate cancer within two working days. At the centres, customers can have all initial diagnostic tes...
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