If you’re over 40, discuss with your GP about having a “total” and “free” PSA reading tacked on to your next blood test.

Don’t get fat (or if you are, lose weight) and avoid a high-fat diet. A US National Cancer Institute study published in a 2007 issue of the journal Cancer found that higher BMI and weight gain since the age of 18 were associated with significantly higher risk of death from prostate cancer.

Eat your greens. UK researchers from the Institute of Food Research showed that broccoli changes how genes linked to prostate cancer act, suggesting the vegetable reduces the risk of developing the cancer in the first place. Other cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage and brussels sprouts have also been given the prostate-friendly tick in numerous studies.

Read up on pelvic floor exercises, but don’t overdo them.

Keep an ear open to news of the vaccines and treatments being developed, and encourage their funding.

If diagnosed with prostate cancer, don’t only listen to the first opinion you get.If it comes to surgery, discuss “nerve-sparing” with your surgeon and find a different one if they won’t (as I did). Help to bring this topic out into the open. If we do, lives will be saved.