Experts warned that 14,000 people could be walking around England and Scotland without realising they have a potentially deadly disease.
Thousands of people with prostates missed out on diagnosis and treatment due to the pandemic, with urological cancer referrals dropping by more than 5,700 in the North West alone since it started.
Prostate cancer is estimated to account for a third of those not treated for cancer compared to before the pandemic, according to Prostate Cancer UK.
