Prostate Screen Queensland provides a framework of information, resources, research and urological support to highly trained medical practitioners where the sole focus of the medical consultation relates to providing patients with information on prostate cancer screening and early detection.
Prostate Screen Queensland currently does not recommend mass population-based prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening as a public health policy, but offers health conscious men the opportunity for prostate cancer testing and early diagnosis, in a specialised primary care medical framework. Appropriate informed consent is obtained from men prior to proceeding with prostate cancer testing.
Prostate Cancer screening and testing is a complex subject and there is a vast amount of information which can be difficult to interpret by not only men and their families, but also general practitioners. Prostate cancer testing is already being performed by many well informed general practitioners around Australia. The mission of Prostate Screen Queensland is to streamline prostate cancer testing using stringent guidelines, make prostate cancer testing easy and accessible, educate men regarding prostate cancer testing and in the process collect world class data for research purposes. Prostate Screen Queensland will not take over the role of the patient's general practitioner (GP) but rather work closely with the patient's GP. Using world class clinical and research software, stringent protocols for follow up and subsequent testing will be adhered to.