Prostate Cancer: From Crisis to Cure

– Rural vs. Urban. Men in rural areas have significantly less access to specialized care than those in urban centers. Why does a man’s life expectancy be determined by his distance from a capital city.
– The Wealth Gap. While breakthroughs treatments offer spectacular outcomes for some, why are these treatments often locked behind a paywall, adding a secondary layer of trauma to a cancer diagnosis.
– Crisis of Loneliness. Without a psychologist, or a social infrastructure that comes from a supportive families and partners, men can be left bereft of hope and spiral into life threatening depression.
– The genetic disadvantage. African men are more likely to develop prostate cancer at a younger age and with more aggressive pathology.
– National Screening Program. Despite the existence of a simple ‘early warning’ blood test, Australia has no national screening program akin to those for breast, bowel, cervical and lung cancer.

To use storytelling to shift how the world understands and responds to prostate cancer by moving it from a silent, late-detected disease to one identified early and treated effectively and fairly for ALL Australians. Through a lived experience, presenter-led documentary, we aim to raise awareness, influence behaviour, and drive systemic change in screening, funding, and public conversation.
By connecting audiences emotionally with real stories and cutting-edge science, we seek to empower men and their families to act sooner, support each other, and demand better outcomes. Our vision is measurable impact: earlier diagnoses, world-leading and improved survival rates, and a global audience better informed, less fearful, and more proactive about men’s health.

I have Stage 4 prostate cancer. I’ve experienced many of the treatments and many brutal side effects. However, that is not what plagues my mind. What upsets me is that it should never have happened! Why was I, a TV researcher with naturally curious mind, so ignorant of this disease. Why did my doctor, even when I had a rising PSA score, not direct me to tests that would’ve had my cancer detected at its earliest stage. If this had happened I’d be cured with manageable side-effects. Instead, I will be fighting for my life, for the rest of my life.
What I hope to achieve with this documentary – is to raise awareness to such a heightened state that it changes medical and government policies. That such is the national consciousness, that no man and their partner and families will ever go through what myself, my partner and my family have endured. Prostate cancer, like all serious diseases is not an individual experience – the agony is shared. This will be a break-out documentary.

I am a 61 year-old male with prostate cancer. Almost since diagnosis, 18 months ago, Ai have been developing this documentary with world class medical clinicians and the prostate cancer community. We have access to senior government health securocrats, some of whom are also living with this disease or have close family who are affected.
I have the support of leading prostate cancer advocates such as Movember and the Prostate Cancer Federation of Australia.

For men over age 40 with a history of prostate cancer – get tested annually.
For me over age 50 get tested annually.
For all doctors – discuss this cancer in detail with all men over 50.
For government – enact a national screening program