Just look at the figures below.... Amost as many men die from Prostate Cancer in the UK as women do from Breast Cancer. So, please help.. Yours could be the next life they save.
Across the UK
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men.
- Every hour one man dies from prostate cancer - that's more than 10,000 every year.
- Over 40,000* men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year - that's more than 100* men diagnosed every day.
- It's estimated that by 2030, prostate cancer will be the most common cancer.
- One in eight men will get prostate cancer.
- Over a quarter of a million* men are living with and after prostate cancer.
- Two out of three adults don't know what the prostate gland does.
In Scotland
- Nearly 3,000* men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in Scotland.
- More than 700* men die every year from prostate cancer in Scotland.
- Every day two men die from prostate cancer in Scotland.