Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group
Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group
Serving Coventry, Nuneaton, Hinckley and Rugby areas

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    • Prostate Cancer Risk Management for Healthcare Professionals
    • Awareness Event
    • How frequently should I have a PSA test?
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General Information on Prostate Cancer and its Diagnosis

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in UK men.

Each year about 47,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 11,000 will die from the disease.

That's one death from prostate cancer every 48 minutes.

Prostate cancer is rare in men under 50. The most common age of diagnosis is between 65 and 69.

However, you are at higher risk of prostate cancer if you:

  • have a family history of prostate cancer
  • are of black ethnic origin
  • are overweight

Our Prostate Cancer Support Group sets out to create awareness of this cancer by organising Prostate Awareness Events to give men the opportunity of having a prostate health assessment.

This is done through a simple blood test, known as a PSA test.

Most early prostate cancers do not have any symptoms, and so we encourage men to be aware of the risks of prostate cancer and to know their PSA.

Men over 50 are entitled to a free annual PSA Test. In this way men can keep a regular check on the health of their prostate.

 For more information about the PSA Test click here

 

PSA Testing Events

We have three more PSA testing events planned for the Autumn. The first of these events will be held on Saturday 16th September at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Centre, in Rugby. Three weeks later on 7th October we will be at the Lutterworth Club in Lutterworth. Our final event of 2023 will be on Saturday 21st October at Christ The King Parish Centre, Coundon, Coventry. For all these events we will continue to use the Graham Fulford online booking system. As a result our events run smoothly with minimal queuing and adequate social distancing. See Coming Events for more detail.

Forthcoming Meetings and Events

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Coventry & North Warwickshire PCSG - Open Meeting
19 Jan 2023

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About Us


Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group is part of the Prostate Cancer Support Association (Central England)

Registered Charity 1092547

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