News
WANTED - Patient representative for Prostate Steering Group at Leighton Hospital
25/05/21
The Leighton Hospital Urology Department is looking for help setting up a radical new type of prostate cancer assessment clinic. Marius Craciun, a member of the department who gave a presentation about Transperineal Biopsies at the recent online group meeting, is working with other colleagues to set up a one-stop prostate cancer assessment clinic at Leighton…
Survey to help understand patients’ experiences with mCRPC and its treatments
30/04/21
Evolve Fieldwork LTD. is working with Evidera, a scientific research company, to learn about patient preferences in treatments for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). If you are interested and eligible to take part, you would participate in a 60-minute interview so we can better understand patients’ experiences with mCRPC and its treatments…
Survey about sexual care information given to patients treated with external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer
30/04/21
A sexual dysfunction information survey for prostate cancer patients treated with external-beam radiotherapy. Please read the attached information sheet to determine if you are eligible for the study and for more detailed information about the study. My name is Samuel Greenwood-Wilson, and I am inviting you to participate in a survey about sexual care information given before, during, and after external beam radiotherapy…
OWise Announce Launch of Prostate Cancer App
29/03/21
Health care company OWise announce the launch of their new Prostate Cancer support app. OWise have already attained accreditation of their Breast Cancer support app and are following this up with a Prostate Cancer app. OWise have issued the following in an email and anyone interested should investigate for themselves to see whether the app might benefit them…
Medical Detection Dogs - Prostate Cancer Trial Success
18/02/21
Exciting news from Medical Detection Dogs about their prostate cancer project. A spokesman says:- "The results of our trial with MIT and Johns Hopkins University, supported by the Prostate Cancer Foundation, have now been published and show that our dogs can detect the most aggressive forms of the disease..…
The Chris Woollams Sunday Show - Sun 21st February
13/02/21
On Sunday 21st February, Dr Nilash Ramnarine, who has his own show broadcasting throughout the Caribbean and the USA, will be asking Chris Woollams to give away all his secrets when he interviews him on 'How to Build a personal anti-cancern programme'. Dr Nilash Ramnarine has been practicing medicine for over 35 years - he is a crucial part of the Ishtara Center in Trinidad and Tobago and has himself written a best-selling book entitled 'Your body can fight cancer'…
Self Care Week - Community Newsletter
11/11/20
Keith Mahoney, one of our committee members, has sent in an electronic copy of a Community Newsletter from Cheshire East Council. The subject is Self Care Week which runs from 16th to 22nd November 2020. The newsletter is 22 pages and contains much useful information including local contacts and advice that might be useful to all of us especially during lockdown 2…
Home PSA Testing Kit now available from GFCT
26/10/20
During the current difficulties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, conventional blood testing events are unlikely to resume for some time. However, we are now able to offer you an opportunity to take a small blood sample at home for PSA analysis. This is done through The Graham Fulford Trust and TDL, who we have worked with for many years now and who have issued and maintained your history of previous test results…
Prostate Cancer Referrals Drop by 50% owing to Coronavirus
11/09/20
The Daily Mail reports "Prostate cancer referrals have halved since the beginning of lockdown as thousands of men put off seeing their GP". 27,000 fewer men have been referred to a specialist with suspected cases compared to the same period last year, according to analysis of offical NHS data by Prostate Cancer UK…