Published on 4 March 2022
There was a fantastic attendance at CMCA’s Discuss Your Risk – Be Prostate Cancer Aware campaign event in Liverpool.
More than 50 people attended the talk and advice event for Black men at the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre where expert speakers gave advice and there was discussion about the risk of African and African-Caribbean men developing prostate cancer.
One in four black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime – twice the rate of other men in the population – and men whose brother or father have had the disease or their mother or sister has had breast cancer are also more likely to develop it.
Black men over the age of 45 are being encouraged to check their risk with an online tool – www.prostatecanceruk.org/cmca-risk – and to speak to their local GP surgery to discuss their risk of prostate cancer with a clinician if they are concerned.
Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) has joined with Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK) to highlight the issue with a local campaign – called Discuss Your Risk – running in March, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, with events where black men can find out more information.
At the event, speakers included urology consultant Mr Thiagarajan Nambirajan, Lead Clinician for CMCA’s RDS Urology Programme; Dr Cait Taylor, Medical Director of Liverpool Primary Care Network; and former prostate cancer patients who talked about their experiences.
There was also video messages and a short film premiere of a dramataisation of the issue by African actors. You can see that by watching it on our YouTube channel here.
Granada News attended for a TV news report.
Thanks to everyone who helped with this event.
CMCA will also have a stall at Granby Street Market tomorrow (Saturday, March 5th) giving out advice and information on the Discuss You Risk campaign.
