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Adding Abiraterone to standard treatment improves Prostate Cancer Survival by almost 40%
05/06/17
According to the Institute of Cancer Research, (click to see original article) adding abiraterone to hormone therapy at the start of treatment for prostate cancer improves patient survival by 37%, according to the results of one of the largest-ever clinical trials for prostate cancer. The results were presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, US, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Saturday 3 June 2017…
Tackle 2017 AGM and Conference - "Trials and Tribulations"
17/05/17
An email forwarded by Darrell at PCSNW to all members (from Roger Wotton?) is as follows..... I hope you will be able to join us for this year's AGM and Conference on Tuesday 13 June at 10.30am at Winterbourne House, Edgbaston, Birmingham which some of you will remember is where we held our 2015 AGM…
A Woman’s Guide to Prostate Cancer
17/05/17
An email forwarded by Darrell at PCSNW to all members (from Roger Wotton?) is as follows..... Following our successful collaboration with Bayer Pharmaceutical last year which resulted in the “Manversation” guides being produced to encourage conversations around prostate cancer, I made the suggestion at the time that partners and wives play a very important role in supporting men who have been diagnosed…
May edition of Tackle magazine now available online
17/05/17
The May issue is available on line at www.tackleprostate.org/newsletter-signup.php
Hard copies are being posted soon to those who have requested them …
Support this Petition for Vital Prostate Cancer Drug Funding
20/03/17
Tackle Prostate Cancer is one of 19 cancer charities working together to campaign and lobby for better treatment and access to drugs. As a coalition, we are trying to have NHS England and NICE reconsider their plan to cap drug treatment costs. One of the actions we have taken is to try and get as many people as possible to sign a petition to stop this proposal…
Stephanie McCardle hopes for a Prostate Cancer Vaccine
20/03/17
Dr. Stephanie McCardle, a Senior Research Scientist in Tumour Immunology at the John Van Geest Cancer Research Centre at Nottingham Trent University, outlined her research work on a vaccine to help with Prostate Cancer tumours. Stephanie described five studies which are in various stages of development at the moment…
Stephanie McCardle to speak at Saturday's Group Meeting
06/03/17
We can confirm that Stephanie McArdle of the John van Geest Cancer Research Centre at Nottingham University who is running the Prostate Cancer Vaccine project that our group helps support will attend and do a brief talk on the vaccine project. There will be a presentation to Stephanie of a cheque for a £4,900 donation from the Group to continue with the project…
NEW Queens University Online Prostate Cancer Patient Experience Survey
06/02/17
See details of survey in the following attachment. Booklet_-_Prostate_Cancer_Patient_Experience_Survey.pdf…
Men Wanted for Survey
06/02/17
As you know, at the Federation we try and help with opportunities to better understand quality of life issues associated with prostate cancer issues. We have been approached by one of our pharmaceutical company contacts to help with identifying up to 5 men who have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer to participate in a 30 minute telephone interview, for which the respondent will receive a £30 shopping voucher…
Medical Detectives Workshop at Sir WIlliam Stanier School Crewe
30/01/17
Sir William Stanier School recently joined forces with The 'Save A Dad' Prostate Cancer Support Group and other professionals from Leighton Hospital to present a Medical Detectives Workshop to students in years 7 and 8 and students from 5 local Primary Schools. Using state of the art equipment kindly donated by 'Save A Dad' the students explored the sometimes gory world of the medical detectives, finding out how the heart and lungs work, understanding how blood and urine tests can help to identify illnesses and identifying broken bones and other anomalies from X-ray and scan images…