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Hi, Two Years ago I was 61 in perfect health, active in sport etc, and never had an illness in my life. My wife had a mole which I wanted her to get an opinion on, and by chance, I accompanied her when she attended the local GP. I was then asked if I had had a PSA test recently. I had never heard of a PSA test.

The test was positive and I ended up having a prostatectomy in January 2008. The biopsy was unhappily Gleeson grade 8-one too many for hope of survival longevity.

The cancer is back, and I am going through the usual standard procedures to delay its progress, hormone and radiotherapy treatment.

The moral of this story is that every healthy young man of 60 should be alerted to this widespread cancer. for a start, I believe that the private health insurance companies could contact all their members of my age and issue them with a stark and serious warning: get a PSA blood test every year-or die before your time!