Nick Owen describes ’emotional’ conversation with his kids about cancer diagnosis

One in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. Statistics from cancer care specialist GenesisCare show 79% initially keep silent about symptoms, with one in 10 taking over six months to voice their concern, if they ever do.

Owen – who has four adult children, two of them boys – said telling his offspring of his condition was “emotional”, but that it had to be done as he wanted them to be aware of the potentially hereditary illness and its warning signs.