Saturday, 12 February 2022

New film: Steve McQueen on black men and cancer

I've not managed to be very regular with these blogs - has been busy times - in part as have been helping develop more peer-to-peer support groups with Wigwam. However I did want to give a plug to this new film by Steve McQueen looking at the fact that black men are twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 30% more likely to die from the disease. You can also read more on this in Men's Health magazine here: https://www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a38880027/black-men-prostate-cancer/

See previous blog on Black Lives Matters with a brief look at prostate cancer and the role of racism - and previous blogs on this topic by clicking on BAME link.

Update 14.9.23: I came across this series of videos here.

Petition to support key screenings for prostate cancer

This week the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) published its draft recommendation to offer prostate cancer screening only to men wh...