Men are being urged to have prostate cancer checks

Dr Kubes

This is what UK men need to know about asking their GP for a prostate cancer check, according to experts. 

Around 47,500 males in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, with one man dying every 45 minutes from the disease. 

The illness – the third biggest cancer killer in the UK – has been brought into sharp focus in recent days. 

Singer Rod Stewart, 74, says he’s been given the all-clear having been diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago. 

He also urged men to get checked, adding, “Guys, you've got to really go to the doctor."

Meanwhile, researchers in Cambridge also revealed this week how men who carry the faulty ‘BRCA2’ may also be at a significantly higher risk of developing prostate cancer.

And according to expert Dr Jiri Kubes, it’s vital men are aware of precisely when, and at what age, they are eligible to get checked by their GP. 

Dr Kubes is Medical Director at the Proton Therapy Center in Prague, Czech Republic – a facility that treats many UK prostate cancer patients with pioneering proton beam therapy radiation. 

He said, “There’s been a huge attempt to raise awareness about the disease in the last three or four years. 

“But men need to know what these checks actually entail and at what age they should be approaching their GP asking for a test.”

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