Black men are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer

Black men in England are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer than their white counterparts but less likely to receive life-saving treatment, analysis by the National Prostate Cancer Audit has found.

- Tobi Thomas

The analysis found that black men were diagnosed with stage three or four prostate cancer at a rate of 440 per 100,000 in England, a level 1.5 times higher than with their white counterparts, who had a diagnosis rate of 295 per 100,000.

The research also found that black men in their 60s who had a later diagnosis were 14% less likely to receive life-saving treatments that have been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for use on the NHS.