PROSTATE cancer is one of the biggest killers of men in the UK, with one dying from the disease every 45 minutes. And it's thought that one in eight men will get prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime. Sir Chris Hoy, 48, recently revealed that he he has just four years to live after being diagnosed with the cancer.
The six-time Olympic gold medallist first announced in February that he was being "treated for cancer". Sir Chris made his diagnosis public this month, sharing that the cancer had spread from his prostate to his bones - including his shoulder, pelvis, ribs, and spine. Heartbreakingly, Sir Chris' wife Sarra was told she had incurable and degenerative MS just weeks before his cancer news .
Read more on prostate cancer The prostate is walnut-sized gland that sits under the bladder and surrounds the urethra. Its job is so help make semen and it grows bigger as you get older. Prostate cancer can develop when cells in the prostate start to grow in an uncontrolled way.
More than 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year on average - making it the most common form of cancer in men - and 12,000 Brits die from the disease. Most read in Health Despite being the third deadliest form of cancer , prostate can be beaten if it's caught early. In most cases, prostate cancer doesn't have symptoms in the early stages.
But some men are more at risk of the disease, including those over the age 50 and people with a family history of cancer. You can find your chan.