Simon Jordan opens up on prostate cancer diagnosis and sends poignant message to men at risk

Simon Jordan has addressed his recent prostate cancer diagnosis in a candid conversation on talkSPORT.

Prostate cancer is a disease that affects one in eight men in the UK, including thousands of fathers, granddads, partners, brothers, uncles, sons and mates.

Those odds shorten to one in four if you are black.

Over 12,000 men die every year from prostate cancer, however the disease is often treatable if caught early.

Jordan is one man who has experienced the disease first-hand, having required surgery earlier this year.

The former Crystal Palace chairman knows it is of the utmost importance that men over the age of 45, particularly black men over 45, and men with a family history of prostate cancer, don't wait for visible symptoms before considering a trip to their GP.

Speaking to representatives from Prostate Cancer UK on White And Jordan, he said: «Someone very close to me was diagnosed with a high PSA level and subsequently went for biopsies and came out with prostate cancer.

»One of the big links — not just because one in eight men, or one in four if you're black — is that you have a one in two-and-a-half chance if you've got hereditary circumstances and that was relatable to me.

«I went and had the PSA test that didn't give me anything particularly to worry about, but not withstanding that because of the hereditary links I was advised to go and have some further investigations that created a challenge and then a further biopsy that created a decision.

»For me it was radiotherapy of a radical prostatectomy, which is the removal of the prostate.

«I took the prostatectomy because of my age and the challenges that could have been coming and quite frankly, the more informed you are, the better the opportunity you have to