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" The government must take action to ensure prostate cancer sufferers are treated equally to other patients, a leading charity has warned following a scathing report.  A Commons public accounts committee (PAC) report found that despite improvements in prostate cancer care, sufferers were still waiting too long to see specialists compared to other cancer patients.  And this is something that must be responded to &amp;quot;positively, urgently and with conviction&amp;quot;, according to the Prostate Cancer Charity.  Edward Leigh, chairman of the PAC, said the treatment of patients with prostate cancer, which kills 10,000 men every year, was &amp;quot;entirely unacceptable&amp;quot;.  The group of MPs also said three-quarters of terminally ill patients were not made aware they were eligible for financial help, meaning they could be missing out on \u00A3200 million a year.  And even though four out of five patients would prefer to die at home or in a hospice, half would die in hospital, the report found.  Mr Leigh said: &amp;quot;The NHS must do more to respect cancer patients&amp;#039; wishes. In addition, the benefit system needs to be more effective in providing financial support for cancer patients.&amp;quot;  The committee has urged the government to publish an in-depth report on the standard of prostate cancer care and the reasons for inequality in cancer treatment.  Prostate Cancer Charity chief executive, John Neate, has called for the government to go even further to redress the balance, urging it to ensure patients received all the information available about their disease.  &amp;quot;A full review of prostate cancer services, with action plans for improvement - recommended by the PAC - is essential,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;Accelerated action and investment programmes, including the appointment of prostate cancer specialist nurses in all treatment centres across the UK, must be prioritised immediately.&amp;quot; \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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