eConsult New opening hours

Please note from Friday 2nd August 2024 eConsult will now close at 3 pm and will remain closed over the weekend and reopen on Monday morning at 12.01 am, this is due to our staffing changes. This will be the

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with over 40,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Prostate cancer usually develops slowly, so there may be no signs you have it for many years. Symptoms often only become apparent when your prostate is large enough to affect the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the penis).When this happens, you may notice things like an increased need to urinate, straining while urinating.