Prostate cancer survivor recalls shock diagnosis

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Annale BartleyJournalist at Jamaica Star

September 14, 2026

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After watching his father battle prostate cancer, 56-year-old Quinton Yearde knew that getting the illness was a possibility, but he hoped it was a road he would never have to travel.

However, while taking out an insurance policy, Yearde received the news he had dreaded.

“I was trying to sort out my health insurance at the time and the agent pointed out that, ‘Bwoy, dem naa give you, enuh, because them say you have prostate cancer’, and mi say ‘What? How you fi seh something like that?’”

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