Life-Saving Early Prostate Cancer Detection Programme Launched

Saint Lucia now has an early prostate cancer detection programme, providing free Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) testing to men over 40. It is a joint initiative of the St. Lucia Laboratory Services,  the Lions Club and the Saint Lucia Hospitality & Tourism Association (SLHTA). The programme aims to detect prostate cancer early and thereby potentially impact and save the lives of over 1000 men across the island. The SLHTA donated $EC20,000 to the Lions Club of Gros Islet during the project launch on Thursday to ensure the initiative’s success. “We have produced  vouchers which will be  distributed to the men in the target range of 40 to 70 through our various workplace and community outlets and when you get that voucher you will come into any of the lab outlets and you can redeem that voucher and get your free PSA test,” Dr. Steven King of St. Lucia Laboratory Services stated during the project launch. “Those Results will be communicated to you and you will be advised and spoken to about linking with a healthcare provider,” King stated. He noted that nine conveniently located islandwide laboratories have specialised facilities for accurate PSA testing. According to King, even in the absence of...