UPDATE - Issue 22 - Summer 2005
Useful tips from supporters
Sir Bill Morris, past leader of the Transport and General Workers Union whose fund raising jog in Battersea Park raised £2,000 for the charity says 'I am very aware that the incidence of prostate cancer in the general population is on the increase, and today it has almost as much impact on the male population as breast cancer has on women. And statistics show that Afro-Caribbean men like me are disproportionately affected. The key to prevention is early diagnosis'.
Vince Williams, whose brother Alwin died of prostate cancer in 1997 reports 'I went to see my GP citing my brother's situation but he was very reluctant to agree to my having a PSA test. It was just as well I insisted because the PSA was 13.4. Six years after my operation the PSA is a comforting 0.1. It is clear that, where there is a family history of prostate cancer, other male members of the family can also be vulnerable. I would therefore urge that such men undergo PSA tests and not be put off by their GP. If there is a problem and it can be caught early enough, it can be dealt with and lives can be saved'.
Vince (left) and Alwin Williams