The blue freighter for prostate cancer
The Council's blue freighter promoting important health messages for prostate cancer.
The making of the blue freighter
Signs and symptoms
Unfortunately, prostate cancer doesn't usually cause any symptoms until the cancer has grown large enough to put pressure on the urethra.
Later symptoms can include:
- Needing to urinate more frequently, often at night
- Needing to rush to the toilet
- Difficulty in starting to urinate
- Straining or taking a long time while urinating
- Weak flow
- Feeling that your bladder has not emptied fully
Facts and figures
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men.
- More than 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year on average - that's 144 men every day.
- Every 45 minutes one man dies from prostate cancer - that's more than 12,000 men every year.
- 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
- Around 490,000 men are living with and after prostate cancer.
What to do next
It takes just 30 seconds to check your risk online. Click here to find out more.
If you have any of these risk factors or if you have any symptoms, speak to your GP. They can talk to you about your risk, and about the tests that are used to diagnose prostate cancer.
