This episode focusing on prostate cancer follows six men with the disease who are being treated in different ways. The film highlights the fact that men with early stage, curable prostate cancer are given a choice of treatments - which can be a dilemma in itself. Eddy is 63 and has early stage cancer, which he has chosen to have treated with radiotherapy. Meanwhile, Arthur is adamant that surgery to remove the prostate is the best option - despite the fact that it will leave him impotent. We also meet Craig, who has advanced, incurable cancer, and show how the quality of life he has left is enhanced by an innovative pain-reduction procedure. And we show how clinical trials are improving the outlook for patients through the story of Archie, who has had incurable cancer for eight years, and whose disease is being kept at bay by a new, unlicensed trial drug.
Throughout the series, senior doctors and other staff provide a sense of context for the stories and explain the reality of modern cancer treatment, and how, thanks to new treatments, the diagnosis is no longer quite the terrifying and hopeless prospect it once was.
