men have begun treatment for prostate cancer but that s 14,000 fewer than would have been expected when compared with pre pandemic numbers. one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. men over 50, black men and those with a history of it in their family are at even greater risk. my dad s 80th there. that was the case for andrew. his dad had lived with prostate cancer for years. that was after the operation. then in 2020 a routine screening blood test revealed some worrying signs and a prostate cancer diagnosis soon followed. his advice for other men now is simple. don t just sit there thinking it will be right like i did, there could be something happening there and one thing i found out since about prostate cancer is that it s very aggressive and once it takes hold of the rest of your body it canjust be a chasing game. i was very lucky, i didn t need any radiotherapy, didn t need any chemotherapy.
since april 2020 more than 58,000 men have begun treatment for prostate cancer but that s 111,000 fewer than would have been expected when compared with pre pandemic numbers. one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. men over 50, black men and those with a history of it in their family are at even greater risk. my dad s 80th there. that was the case for andrew. his dad had lived with prostate cancer for years. that was after the operation. then in 2020 a routine screening blood test revealed some worrying signs and a prostate cancer diagnosis soon followed. his advice for other men now is simple. don t just sit there thinking it will be right like i did, there could be something happening there and one thing i found out since about prostate cancer is that it s very aggressive and once it takes hold of the rest of your body it canjust be a chasing game. i was very lucky, i didn t
for prostate cancer but that s 14,000 fewer than would have been expected when compared with pre pandemic numbers. one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. men over 50, black men and those with a history of it in their family are at even greater risk. my dad s 80th there. that was the case for andrew. that was after the operation. his dad had lived with prostate cancer for years. then in 2020 a routine screening blood test revealed some worrying signs and a prostate cancer diagnosis soon followed. his advice for other men now is simple. don t just sit there thinking it will be right like i did, there could be something happening there and one thing i found out since about prostate cancer is that it s very aggressive and once it takes hold of the rest of your body it canjust be a chasing game. i was very lucky, i didn t need any radiotherapy, didn t need any chemotherapy. the operation did it for me.
so it was in 2015. he did have some symptoms, now i realise, probably must have started a couple of years beforehand. but for that diagnosis you just don t think it s ever going to happen to you, you don t think it s going to affect your family. johnny died two years after being diagnosed. the charity prostate cancer uk and the nhs are both worried there could be thousands of men who are living with the cancer but don t yet know it. since april 2020 more than 58,000 men have begun treatment for prostate cancer but that s 14,000 fewer than would have been expected when compared with pre pandemic numbers. one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. men over 50, black men and those with a history of it in their family are at even greater risk. my dad s 80th there. that was the case for andrew. his dad had lived with prostate cancer for years. that was after the operation. then in 2020 a routine screening