Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with more than 34,000 cases diagnosed every year.
A man’s risk of getting prostate cancer increases with age. The cancer is rare in men under 50 but by the age of 80, more than half of all men have cancerous changes in their prostate. But prostate cancer often grows very slowly, meaning that many men may never know they have the disease and will die of unrelated causes.
Having one or more close relatives with prostate cancer increases the risk. And West African men and black men from the Carribean have an increased risk of prostate cancer.
Cancer Research UK is funding research into all aspects of prostate cancer including new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. For example, we are currently funding research looking at ways to screen for prostate cancer, which could help to prevent the disease.
Browse content about Prostate cancer
- December 2006 podcast transcript
- Dr Joan Austoker
- Dr Ros Eeles
- Our progress and achievements in the 1990s
- Prof David Neal
- Prof Doug Easton
- Prof Freddie Hamdy
- Prof Gareth Williams
- Prof Glyn Elwyn
- Prof Nick James
- Prostate cancer - UK incidence statistics
- Prostate cancer - UK mortality statistics
- Prostate cancer - molecular biology and genetics
- Prostate cancer - risk factors
- Prostate cancer - survival statistics
- Prostate cancer - symptoms and treatment
- Prostate cancer research
- Prostate cancer screening
- Prostate cancer statistics - Key Facts
- Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches groundbreaking research centre at Barts
23 February 2010 - News story: Prostate cancer screening trial raises concerns about 'false positive' results
12 January 2010 - News story: Hormone therapy for prostate cancer raises heart risk
22 September 2009 - News story: New type of stem cell found in prostate
10 September 2009 - Press Release: Cannabis chemicals stop prostate cancer growth
19 August 2009 - Press Release: Sound waves treat prostate cancer with fewer side effects
1 July 2009 - Press Release: Fat capsules carry markers for deadly prostate cancer
13 May 2009 - Press Release: Prostate screening may have benefits
1 April 2009 - News story: New studies examine effect of PSA screening on prostate cancer death rates
18 March 2009 - Press Release: Scientists identify new prostate cancer risk factor
6 October 2008
- News story: New drug shows promise for advanced prostate cancer patients
16 February 2010 - Press Release: Agressive prostate cancer test hope
23 September 2009 - Press Release: Scientists in major prostate cancer gene discovery
20 September 2009 - News story: Study finds evidence of virus in human prostate cancer cells
8 September 2009 - News story: GPs receive new guidelines for prostate cancer risk management
22 July 2009 - News story: Experimental treatment shows promise in small prostate cancer trial
23 June 2009 - News story: Small study suggests vitamin D may lower PSA levels in some prostate cancer patients
28 April 2009 - News story: More research needed into effect of oily fish on prostate risk
27 March 2009 - Press Release: 'Defence' gene reveals how oestrogen fuels cancer
12 January 2009 - News story: Black men face higher prostate cancer risk
1 October 2008
