In a cruel twist of fate, these three top prostate cancer experts have ALL been hit by the disease. Their stories are vital reading for men - and their loved ones
Every year (in the UK) 40,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer — and more than 10,000 die from it.
Treatment can cause anxiety and side-effects such as impotence and incontinence. Many ask: what would the experts do in my shoes?
In a remarkable coincidence, three of the UK’s leading experts reveal that they, too, have the cancer and here they talk about their experiences . . .
A moving account of the diseaseJohn Anderson, 59, is an internationally respected consultant urological surgeon at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
He has five children aged 15 to 29 with wife Sarah, 47, a manager in the NHS.
A year ago John was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer — the most serious type; he has had hormone treatment and chemotherapy to contain it. He says:..
Damian Hanbury, 56, is a consultant urologist at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, and is married to Helen, with whom he has three children (who are in their early 20s).
He was diagnosed with prostate cancer which had spread just outside the prostate (‘locally advanced’) in 2010, and underwent radiotherapy and hormone treatment. He says:…
Professor Roger Kirby, 62, and his wife Jane have three children (aged 21 to 27), and live in South-West London.
A Professor of Urology at the University of London, he was diagnosed with moderately aggressive cancer last September and underwent a radical prostatectomy in December. He says:…
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