Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad
Anu Anand hears about efforts to persuade more men to go for early prostate cancer screening in Trinidad and Tobago.
Like other countries in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has one of the highest rates of prostate cancer in the world. It is also the leading cause of cancer mortality in the population. Because of genetic factors, men of African heritage are more at risk of developing the disease and getting more aggressive forms than men of other ethnicities. Also many Afro-Caribbean men in the country have been reluctant to come forward for the tests that increase the chances of prostate cancer being picked up at a stage when it can be cured. In particular, a barrier deterring many men is a widespread myth that a digital rectal examination of the gland by a doctor can turn straight men gay.
Anu Anand meets doctors and prostate cancer survivors who are hoping to change such attitudes in T&T, and looks at the treatments that can save men鈥檚 lives if prostate cancer is diagnosed early enough.
Picture: Victor going for his last radiotherapy session, 漏 Anu Anand
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker
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- Mon 10 Jul 2017 19:32GMT91热爆 World Service except News Internet
- Tue 11 Jul 2017 02:32GMT91热爆 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Tue 11 Jul 2017 04:32GMT91热爆 World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Tue 11 Jul 2017 06:32GMT91热爆 World Service East and Southern Africa
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