cancer specialists GenesisCare and the charity Prostate Cancer Research.The star, who is a prostate cancer campaigner, got involved after research found that while 1 in 4 black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer compared to 1 in 8 men of other ethnicities – less than a quarter (24 per cent) of black men are aware of the higher risk.Opening up about his concerns, Linford explained in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk: “When I first found out, the figures shocked me - that 1 in 4 black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in comparison to 1 in 8 others.“And when I spoke to my friends about it, they didn’t know anything about it at all. “This is something I feel that we actually need to have a conversation about and try.
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