Evaluation of the pilot screening programmes
The final year of the PRAISE-U project will be devoted to data management, analysis, and evaluation of the pilot project. The limited timeframe restricts the study’s ability to assess the long-term effectiveness of the pilot screening programmes – whether they can be scaled up to larger national programmes and how they effect patient outcomes and prostate cancer mortality.
However, this limitation can be addressed if there is sustained funding for the pilots to continue beyond 12 months and to continue sharing data. This would allow the long-term impact of the pilot projects to be evaluated.