Be aware of prostate cancer this March
March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Hywel Dda Health Board has made a pledge to reduce the number the number of people dying of cancer by 100 a year. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. More than 40,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. More than 250,000 men are currently living with the disease. Latest figures show 1783 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer within the South Wales Cancer Network alone in 2010. Prostate cancer mainly affects men over the age of 50 and the risk does increase with age. The average age to be diagnosed with prostate cancer is between 70 and 74 years. Most prostate cancer is slow-growing to start with and may never cause any symptoms or problems in a man's lifetime. However, some men will have symptoms, such as problems urinating; they might be mild and happen over many years. Mr Sohail Moosa, Head of Urology and Consultant Urologist said: “Especially as you get older and if you have a fam...