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.

My story featured on Penny Brohn website

Well actually the post on their website is only a very small part of the story but happy to share especially as it will be used in March to ...