Prostate cancer is now England’s most common cancer as cases rise in Black Country and Staffordshire
Prostate cancer has become England’s most common cancer, according to new analysis.
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Diagnoses of the disease overtook breast cancer in 2022 and 2023, Prostate Cancer UK said.
Data also suggests there has been a 25 per cent increase in prostate cancer cases between 2019 and 2023.
The charity said this was down to heightened awareness of the disease, leading to more men getting an early diagnosis.
Analysis of NHS data by Prostate Cancer UK found 50,751 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in England in 2022, compared with 48,531 diagnoses of breast cancer.
The figures increased again in 2023, with 55,033 people receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis compared with 47,526 breast cancer cases.
Figures from NHS England showed a rise in cases in the Black Country boroughs, comprising Walsall, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley, in 2022.
The data showed 1,043 men had registered with prostate cancer in the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board in 2022 – a 38 per cent increase compared to 2021.
Meanwhile, 1,121 men registered with prostate cancer in the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board in 2022, a 27 per cent hike on the year before.
