Hidden Prostate Cancer Risk Needs Awareness, Says Charity

Former prime minister Gordon Brown takes to the controls of a surgical robot used to treat prostate cancer during his visit to Christie's Hospital, one of Europe's leading cancer centres, on July 3rd, 2009 in Manchester, England. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

‘Do it for dad’ this Father’s Day is the message from a leading charity encouraging men to get informed about prostate cancer and its screening and treatment.

In the absence of a nationwide screening programme, charity Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK) is raising awareness that men at risk are entitled to get tested. However, controversy surrounds the PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test.