A Llandudno cancer survivor wants people to ‘Walk All Over Cancer’.

Leo Kearney, 64, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, is backing a fundraising campaign by Cancer Research UK to walk 10,000 steps every day in June, in support of the charity’s life-saving research.

Leo, a retired social worker, found out he had cancer a year after his older brother Bernard, 66 was diagnosed with the same disease after waking up with a broken leg.

Leo said: “When Bernard went to hospital and had tests, the doctors discovered he had prostate cancer and that it had already spread to his bones.

“After my brother’s diagnosis, I went to see the doctor. You never know how you’re going to feel when you hear those words but I’m thankful that in my case, the cancer hadn’t spread.”

As part of his treatment, Leo, who is married to wife Beth, 63 and has three children Rhys, 36, Susanne, 33 and Ruth, 32 had a robotic prostatectomy – an operation to remove the prostate using a robot – at the Christie Hospital in Manchester.

Both brothers are now cancer free. Bernard, who lives with his wife in Portsmouth, is being treated with three monthly hormone injections and a daily hormone pill while Leo is writing a book about his experience.

Leo said: “I would encourage anyone with any unusual or lasting changes to the body go and see their GP. I believe that it’s thanks to early diagnosis and research that I’m still here today and that’s why I want to encourage people to put on their walking shoes and step up and Walk All Over Cancer this June.”

To sign up and download motivation tools including a wall chart, leader board and sponsorship form, visit www.cruk.org/walkallover