Prostate cancer cases to double by 2040 [Video]

Confronting new data suggests prostate cancer cases around the world will double within 15 years.

The study demands immediate action to improve tools to diagnose and treat the disease.

A quarter of a million Australian men have prostate cancer.

Another 25,000 are expected to be diagnosed in the next 12 months.

The numbers are already confronting and are expected to get much worse.