Black men more likely to die from prostate cancer, charity warns

By KATE PICKLES HEALTH EDITOR Published: 20:24 EST, 8 January 2025 | Updated: 20:57 EST, 8 January 2025 Black men are in disproportionate danger of dying from prostate cancer because of outdated NHS guidelines, a charity has warned. Prostate Cancer UK says ministers have a ‘moral imperative’ to change the rules so GPs can proactively speak to at risk groups about screening for the disease. New data from the National Prostate Cancer Audit found black men are more likely than any other ethnic group to be diagnosed at stage 3 and 4 – when the cancer has already spread. This is severely hindering survival chances and a key factor in why they are twice as likely to die from the disease, experts say. Analysts looked at how many men were diagnosed with stage 3 and 4 prostate cancer in the general population in England. They found for every 100,000 black men, 440 are diagnosed at this late stage compared with 295 of their white counterparts. Those diagnosed at a later stage in their 60s are also 14 per cent less likely to get NICE approved treatment on NHS when compared to white men, the research found. Professor Frank Chinegwundoh MBE,...