I agree, women have regular checks over a certain age, but not for men, it affects 1 in 8 men, which is quite high
Especially since prostate cancer recently became the most commonly diagnosed cancer, overtaking breast cancer.
I did a Macmillan course where they discussed ways of coping after treatment....... 8 guys with prostate cancer..... At different stages of treatment having different kinds of treatment....... And 8 women with breast cancer doing the same........ The one interesting thing was they didn't have a clue about our cancer and were horrified by what we went through..... Quite enlightening lol
It's such a simple (and cheap for the nhs) test, I urge every man over 50 to get tested regularly
Those odds get worse if you are black/Asian as it goes to 1 in 4.........and if there's a family history of cancer it drops even more
Ive found I've become a bit of a preacher........ I will talk to any one about it and urge them to get tested....... It's also easy and with a high success rate to treat if it's caught early enough
I hate cancer with a passion..... My wife died from it, I'm in remission, her best friend died two weeks ago, funeral two days ago..... Hate it