Liverpool dad told he had months to live is now cancer-free THREE YEARS after terminal prostate diagnosis

From the Newshound archive · first published 8 October 2026.

Kevin Mortimer, 51, from Liverpool, was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer on his daughter's 11th birthday, told the disease had spread to his bones and lungs and that he would not survive. He broke the news to his then 11-year-old the following day, as she sat holding a toy elephant she had owned since she was a baby. New National Prostate Cancer Audit data shows significantly fewer men with advanced disease are dying within three years of diagnosis compared to a decade ago.

Mortimer received 'triplet therapy' — combining chemotherapy, hormone therapy and the drug darolutamide — which attacks the cancer on three fronts simultaneously.

Doctors have described him as a 'super responder', with recent scans showing the cancer is now 'undetectable' three years after his terminal diagnosis.

'I'm living proof of how far treatments for prostate cancer have come,' Mortimer said, adding he hopes his story can support further research.