Listen: prostate cancer now England’s most common cancer

Prostate cancer has become the most common cancer in England, with new analysis showing the number of diagnoses has surpassed those of breast cancer for two years in a row.

A new analysis of NHS data by the charity Prostate Cancer UK shows that 50,751 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in England in 2022, compared to 48,531 breast cancer diagnoses in the same year. In 2023, 55,033 men got a prostate cancer diagnosis, while there were 47,526 breast cancer cases.

The UK’s leading men’s health charity also reveals today that prostate cancer cases rose by a quarter (25%) between 2019 and 2023.

Aston spoke to Amy Rylance, assistant director of health improvement at Prostate Cancer UK.