Detecting Prostate Cancer

This week is International Men's Health Week and Sunday is Father's Day, so what better time to team up with life-saving charity Prostate Cancer UK for this episode of the podcast?

1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in their lifetime and that number rises to 1 in 4 for black men.

Chances of survival increase dramatically with early diagnosis and so the best thing you can do as a man in the next 30 seconds is complete this Online Risk Checker which will guide you through your personal risk and advise on any next steps.

There's not a latex glove in sight! And that's exactly the point with the new and improved way for detecting prostate cancer.

We speak with Amy Rylance from Prostate Cancer UK to understand the new process for detecting prostate cancer and how it's both safer and more accurate.

You can see a bigger version of this week's sketch here.

We reference a number of research papers in the episode, which you can find here:

• The Lancet Commission on Prostate Cancer (gives a global perspective).
• The BJGP piece on how the evidence has shifted on the value of the digital rectal exam.

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I'm so grateful for my Dad's early diagnosis and treatment and will be celebrating that this Sunday.

And in case anyone's interested, I did phone up my GP after we recorded the podcast and was told my PSA blood results were normal.

It feel good to have started the conversation with my doctor though.

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