Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Find out how the Cancer Alliance is teaming up with pub owners in the region this March.

Raising prostate cancer awareness with pub owners

Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance is working with pub owners around the region to raise prostate cancer awareness this March.  

The Cancer Alliance has teamed up with Prostate Cancer UK to create a beermat that will feature in 30 pubs located in areas of Hull and Scunthorpe where people are diagnosed later with prostate cancer than other regions in Humber and North Yorkshire.

The beermat features a QR code that takes customers to Prostate Cancer UK's risk checker, which can check the risk of the disease in 30 seconds.  

The collaboration between the Cancer Alliance and Prostate Cancer UK will make pub-goers in Humber and North Yorkshire more aware of the most common form of cancer for men in the UK, and encourage cancer conversations that may make men visit their GP sooner with symptoms.

 

The sober truth of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the UK's most common form of the disease in men and around one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. 

This form of cancer mainly affects men aged 50 and over, and the risk increases with age. 

If you're a Black man and/or have a family history of prostate cancer, you are at a higher risk than most.

Through March, the Cancer Alliance is encouraging men to visit a GP if they have symptoms that can be caused by prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer symptoms

It is important to know what is normal for you, so you can spot signs of prostate cancer in the earliest stages. Some of the main symptoms to be aware of are:

  • needing to pee more frequently, often during the night
  • needing to rush to the toilet
  • difficulty in starting to pee, or hesitancy
  • straining, or taking a long time when peeing
  • weak flow
  • feeling that your bladder has not emptied completely
  • blood in your urine or semen

"Don't put off going to see your GP"

Richard Attack, 64, is a former painter-decorator living in Bridlington, with stage four prostate cancer. 

"In 2021, I noticed I was needing the toilet more often to pee, especially at night, and I had shoulder pain. When I went to the doctor, I found out it was prostate cancer."

In this video, Richard urges men aged 50 or more to see their GP if they notice similar symptoms.

Spreading the message

During March, members of the Cancer Alliance and our partners will be reaching out to a number of community groups to spread awareness of prostate cancer and the signs to look out for. These include:

Want to help out?

Prostate cancer awareness will also be spread across the Cancer Alliance’s social media channels. Follow the Cancer Alliance on Facebook and X to help share get the messages.

You can find contact information for support groups in our region for prostate cancer and other forms of cancer here.

There are other ways to help the Cancer Alliance, too. Complete our surveys on cancer experience of care, and attitudes to cancer.