Prostate Cancer
(asked on 5th December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make testosterone injections for treating prostate cancer available on the NHS.
This question was answered on 8th December 2016
The use of bipolar androgen therapy involving testosterone for the treatment of prostate cancer is still undergoing clinical trials and it would be premature to comment on its future availability on the National Health Service.
Hormone therapy injections, often used in combination with radiotherapy, are available on the NHS to treat prostate cancer, subject to the patient’s individual clinical circumstances.