The fact of the matter is that we all get ill from time to time be it a seasonal cold or cancer or anything in between and, like a seasonal cold, there are many things we can do to minimise the damaging effects of cancer.

I’ve been getting out and about raising awareness of prostate cancer - how it affects men and their families - for around ten years now. In 2010 I lost my husband to the disease and knowing early diagnosis is crucial to good outcomes I started to volunteer with Prostate Cancer UK.