1 in 4 black men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. Black men are more likely to get prostate cancer than other men, who have a 1 in 8 chance of getting prostate cancer.

You may also be more likely to get prostate cancer as a black man if:

you are aged 45 or over – and your risk increases as you get older

your father or brother has had it.

We're funding research to find out why black men are at higher risk of prostate cancer than other men.