Will McDonald's prostate cancer was picked up nearly three years ago, after a niggling hip injury. 9News
Will McDonald has been consumed in recent years by gruelling treatments for advanced prostate cancer.Will McDonald has been consumed in recent years by gruelling treatments for advanced prostate cancer."The reason I was having this hip injury was because the bone was being eaten away by prostate cancer," he said.He now has a son, Alfie, after going through five rounds of IVF because of his diagnosis.More than 24,000 Australian men are told they have prostate cancer each year.
A review of the guidelines will look at improving testing for those with a strong family history, as well as the need to expand testing to include men over 70 as they're often diagnosed too late.It follows concerns existing guidelines are confusing and don't take into account changes to technology.Professor Jeff Dunn from the Prostate Cancer Foundation has been appointed co-chair of a new steering committee.
"To ensure the review of the guidelines is evidence based, it's thorough and it delivers on our hopes," Dunn said."I have no doubt it will help younger men avoid ending up in a dire situation, essentially like the one I'm in," he said.
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