- Prostate cancer has become the biggest cancer killer of men. It kills one man every hour
- Men are twice as likely to get prostate cancer with a family history of the disease
- Black men are a higher risk
- Each year nearly 47,000 men in the UK are told they have prostate cancer and more than 11,000 die of the disease
- Cancer of the prostate can be treated effectively even if it has spread beyond the gland but the disease must be caught early to achieve excellent cure rates
- It is vital that men over 50 are aware of the potential problem and consult their GP routinely
- Every man over 50 has the legal right, by Act of Parliament, to a PSA test
- Sir Rod Stewart has revealed he has secretly been fighting prostate cancer for three years at charity dinner and concert in aid of the Prostate Project and the European Tour Golf Foundation. Read more
- Our cancer research team's new study shows how a strain of the common cold virus could help infect and kill bladder cancer cells. Read more
- The Mayor of Guildford, Cllr Richard Billington, has chosen the Prostate Project as one of his chosen charities.Read more
- Our new state-of-the-art Stokes Centre for Urology has been opened at the Royal Surrey County Hospital by HRH The Duke of Kent. Read more
- Our University of Surrey cancer research team is working on identifying and treating an aggressive form of advanced prostate cancer (NEPC), which cannot be detected via the PSA test. Read more
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Sir Rod Stewart speaking at a fundraising event for the Prostate Project and golf's European Tour Foundation.
He shared that has been given the all-clear after being diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago.
Sir Rod urged men to get checked, adding: "Guys, you've got to really go to the doctor."
Men with male relatives who have had prostate cancer, black men and men over 50 are at higher risk of getting the disease.
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