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Sign up for more news and viewsThe story behind the shock statistic: one man dies of prostate cancer every 45 minutes
The statistic that one man dies of prostate cancer every 45 minutes is shocking. But what does it mean for an individual man? We explain the facts behind the figure.
Spit tests and virtual fingers: our top 10 research highlights from 2018
BLOG: Dr Ian Le Guillou looks back on the past 12 months of prostate cancer breakthroughs, picking out the ones that made the biggest splash and previewing what we can look forward to in 2019.
"To anyone with unanswered questions this festive period, email us any time"
Over the last 12 days, we've been tweeting our Specialist Nurses' tributes, on our 'Man of Men' decorations, to the hundreds of inspiring men who contact them each week and the support they can offer. Here are all our #12NursesofChristmas tweets and all the ways you can get their support.
Woman thanks Bill Turnbull for saving her dad's life after TV revelation prompted check up
Lisa Skinner met the presenter for a BBC Breakfast news story this week, crediting him going public about his prostate cancer for alerting her to her father's symptoms and catching his cancer early. We speak to Lisa and look back at the extraordinary impacts Bill Turnbull has had this year on driving awareness of the most common cancer in men.
"It breaks my heart that 12,000 more families, like mine, will be missing a loved one this Christmas"
BLOG: For our chief executive, Angela Culhane, and her family, there will always be someone missing from their table at Christmas. She tells us about the men who will be in her thoughts this year, and the work we’re doing to change the game for them, as she joins thousands of our supporters showing their support by hanging our ‘Man of Men’ decoration on their tree.
TV channel Quest kicks off month-long awareness drive ahead of our Boxing Day media blitz
Look and listen out for us on the TV, radio and newspapers over the Christmas holidays, as stars, pundits and columnists line up to drive awareness of the most common cancer in men and the vital work we do.
"Your empty seat next to me" – one football fan's poem for lost dads everywhere
David Attree tells us how the death of his father-in-law earlier this year prompted him to write and film a powerful poem for us, hoping to raise awareness among his fellow football fans and pay tribute to anyone who's lost their dad to the disease.
Steelworks foundation smashes £100k target as two-year partnership ends
The Severfield Foundation, the charitable arm of a leading UK steel manufacturer, reveals huge fundraising total after making us their first major charity partner in 2016.
New NICE guidelines should make high-tech scans and treatment advances standard on NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended pre-biopsy mpMRI scans and a host of other improvements to diagnosis and treatments for prostate cancer become standard NHS practice across the UK. While we back the proposals, we're calling for enough scanners and trained staff to deliver them.
Bill Turnbull joins stars and supporters hanging a Man of Men on their Christmas tree
We've sent out thousands of our 'Man of Men' Christmas decorations to people who've donated or spent more than £20 in our online shop. Find out what TV's Bill Turnbull and Rev Kate Bottley wrote on theirs, and how to share your story about the man on your tree.