Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor’s announcement that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer is the latest reminder to millions of the importance of being on the lookout for this pernicious disease and its first symptoms.
The band’s lead singer, Simon Le Bon, read out a letter from Mr Taylor as the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Los Angeles on 5 November in which he said he was “truly sorry and massively disappointed” to miss the ceremony but had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer “just over four years ago”, reassuring fans that his his current condition is “not immediately life threatening” but that there is no cure.
