Sir Freddie Laker 'came out' recently and told a national newspaper that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992. He had radical surgery and is now on hormone treatment.

This is good news for men in general for, whereas most women in the public arena are willing to tell all when they have cancer, men in general appear reluctant to do so in respect of prostate disease.

With some 14,000 men being diagnosed with prostate cancer each year many find full information about the condition difficult to come by.

The Prostate Help Association is an information-orientated charity. We have a book available covering the tests, treatments, and possible prevention in respect of prostate cancer.

We also have a support network so that men are able to communicate with men who have the same problems and have met the challenges they are meeting today.

The PHA does not ask the public for money for research or equipment, it is the primary UK source of information and help for men worried about the prostate condition, be it prostatitis, (inflammation of the prostate), benign prostate growth, or prostate cancer.

Readers who want information about any prostate condition can receive an initial information sheet and details of our newsletters, support network or prostate cancer book by sending two first-class stamps.

PHILIP DUNN, Secretary, PHA, Langworth, Lincoln LN3 5DF.

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