Prostate Cancer UK have joined forces with the NHS to find the 14,000 undiagnosed men who haven’t started urgent prostate cancer treatment due to the pandemic.
Fewer conversations between men and their GP’s during the pandemic about prostate cancer meant fewer men were referred for treatment. Prostate Cancer is working in partnership with the NHS to find these men.
With few symptoms until the disease has progressed the earlier prostate cancer is caught the easier it is to cure, finding them as soon as possible is crucial to saving lives.
Mims Davies, the MP for Mid Sussex, comments:
“1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer, Men over 50, black men, or men whose father or brother had the disease are at even greater risk. Due to the general lack of symptoms with this type of cancer, I urge all men in Mid Sussex to go to their GPs and to have these vital conversations and to use Prostate Cancers 30 second risk checker, to understand their risk and more about this disease”
Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer in men and Prostate Cancer UK are encouraging all men to use their Prostate Cancer UK’s 30-second risk checker so they understand their risk of prostate cancer and the actions they can take. Prostate Cancer is not always life-threatening, but when it is, the earlier you catch it the more likely it is to be cured.
