Accurate diagnosis key to early treatment

Featured in: The Sydney Morning Herald

Thursday, September 21, 2017.

Excerpt: Last year 3000 men in Australia died of prostate cancer. Up to 20,000 newcases are diagnosed a year. The risk of prostate cancer increases with age and one in seven men is diagnosed with it by age 75. It’s now the second most prevalent cancer in men, behind skin cancer. The prostate is a small, reproductive gland located between the bladder and the urethra. An enlarged prostate can cause urinary difficulties. But prostate cancer rarely causes any symptoms until very late in the disease…