Prostate cancer – piecing together the jigsaw

February 15, 2008

A prostate cancer cellAt Cancer Research UK, we regularly get asked why we spend different amounts on different types of cancer.

Most commonly, people want to know why we spend more on breast cancer than on prostate cancer, despite the fact that there are similar numbers of cases of each per year.

These queries often contain the accusation, implied or explicit, that there is some prejudice against men, or male cancers, amongst the cancer research community.

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