OPCSG responds to national news story

May 2018

Guardian journalist George Monbiot recently wrote a powerful piece about his treatment for prostate cancer.  Although he had good outcomes in the end (continent, cancer free and sexually active), he experienced massive pain after his treatment.  OPCSG Chairman John Grundy’s letter in response to the article, stressing the importance for other men not to be put off treatment by George Monbiot’s painful experience, was published in the paper.  Here are links to the article and the letter:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/13/prostate-cancer-happy-diagnosis-operation

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/10/george-monbiots-experience-can-help-other-men-with-prostate-cancer