END PROSTATE SHAME

IT’S A scenario too many doctors face all too often. Sitting opposite a man talking to him about his prostate cancer diagnosis, and having to explain why a disease he’d read was treatable was incurable.

The truth is that men put off going to see their doctors when they first get symptoms, and as yet, the options for advanced prostate cancer treatment are limited.

Talking to men in this preventable situation is a deeply upsetting job for any doctor. Which is why I wholeheartedly support this paper’s campaign to try to stop men literally dying from embarrassment.