Lost my brother in law to (62) to bowel cancer last month, it was horrible. He had never taken the opportunity to be screened, and when he did start to get issues it took too long to get a proper diagnosis (won’t go in to all that here)….…..by the time it was discovered it has already spread to...
Thanks for that, will have a read. My cousin is heavily involved in oncology research (last time we met she was ranting about funding cuts - her team of 8 is now 2) and my daughter is planning to go that way once she's got a few years general nursing experience under her belt.
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Indeed, the stats are scary, particularly when you take into account the publicity, fundraising etc that is directed towards breast cancer - and I bet a lot of us have actively encouraged other halves to go and have their (equally unpleasant, if not worse) smear tests and breast screening, but...
Good points, it’s not just about PC but I guess they used to say the same about breast cancer before they introduced screening - but prostate cancer now kills more men than breast cancer kills women.
Great post and so glad it was picked up and dealt with. Most of us blokes go out of our way to avoid talking about stuff like this, let alone doing anything about it which is so daft.......treatment rates are very good if picked up early. Two of my golfing pals have had it, both successfully...