{"id":620173,"date":"2026-09-10T08:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620173\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:34:11","slug":"campaign-highlights-conflicting-emotions-around-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620173\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign highlights conflicting emotions around prostate cancer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Diagnosis Duality \u2013 the Seen, Unseen and Everything in Between\u2019 is the title of a new awareness drive by the Marie Keating Foundation<\/p>\n

Conflicting emotions can sit side by side during and after a prostate cancer diagnosis, but they are not always visible to the people around us.<\/p>\n

That is the message of a new campaign by Marie Keating Foundation to mark Blue September, an international awareness initiative held every September to promote men\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

\u2018Diagnosis Duality \u2013 the Seen, Unseen and Everything in Between\u2019 explores these different feelings that can coexist through five pairings: Alive \/ Angry; Free \/ Fear; Grateful \/ Grieving; Delighted \/ Detached and Strong \/ Shaken.<\/p>\n

Around 4,500 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Ireland each year. Excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, it is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Prostate cancer survival in Ireland has improved substantially over the past three decades. According to the National Cancer Registry Ireland, age-and-stage-standardised five-year net survival has increased from 76 per cent for men diagnosed in 1994\u20131998 to 97 per cent for those diagnosed in 2019\u20132022.<\/p>\n

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However, the impact of the illness on a man\u2019s life can continue to affect them, resulting in conflicting emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things we see when supporting people affected by prostate cancer is that there isn\u2019t one \u2018right\u2019 way to feel,\u201d said the charity\u2019s director of nursing, Helen Forristal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be a huge relief to have finished treatment or to have received good news after treatment, while at the same time feeling worried about your future. You may feel angry that you already have incontinence or early signs of erectile dysfunction, or simply anxious about the overall effects and not quite feel like your old self. For people living with prostate cancer, those feelings can change over time too and fluctuate.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThe impact of a diagnosis doesn\u2019t always end when treatment does, and it isn\u2019t always visible to the people around you. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important that we make space and be open to honest conversations about how people are really doing and make sure they know that support is there if and when they need it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Marie Keating Foundation also hopes to encourage men to understand their prostate cancer risk and talk to their GP about PSA testing.<\/p>\n

Prostate cancer can develop without obvious signs or symptoms. Family history is an important risk factor. Men are around two and a half times more likely to develop prostate cancer if their father or brother has had the disease. Inherited genetic factors, including BRCA2, and being overweight or obese can also increase risk.<\/p>\n

The Marie Keating Foundation advises men to talk to their GP about their individual risk and PSA testing from age 50, or from 45 where there is a family history of prostate or breast cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Diagnosis Duality \u2013 the Seen, Unseen and Everything in Between\u2019 is the title of a new awareness drive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[263236,258,103,61,60,263237,351,263238,345,1567,263239],"class_list":["post-620173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-blue-september","tag-cancer","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marie-keating-foundation","tag-mens-health","tag-national-cancer-registry-ireland","tag-prostate-cancer","tag-psa","tag-psa-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}