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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…
BBC News: 'Huge leap' in prostate cancer testing
20/01/17
See this link to today's big news story on the BBC website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38665618…
BBC Radio 4 "Inside Health" on the subject "Prostate Cancer"
04/01/17
You can listen to this programme via the BBC iPlayer Radio website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086s7jr
The BBC has kindly provided a transcript which is reproduced below. Programme Transcript - Inside Health Downloaded from www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
THIS TRANSCRIPT WAS TYPED FROM A RECORDING AND NOT COPIED FROM AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT…
Prostate cancer laser treatment 'truly transformative'
20/12/16
See BBC News item at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38304076…
Manversation - Getting Men to Talk!
05/12/16
“Manversation” is a campaign funded by Bayer to encourage men to speak about prostate cancer, particularly advanced prostate cancer. Tackle have collaborated with Orchid, the male cancer charity and put our name to a video and supporting material at www.manversation.co.uk…
NICE guideline CG175 Prostate cancer: diagnosis and management
23/11/16
Dear All,
I read this as fantastic news, reflecting recent trial results and clinical practice. Maybe it shows the NICE ‘hurdle’ is lowering, or is it just the weight of expert lobbying and compelling evidence? Either way it is very welcome news and, in my view, clear evidence that Tackle (The Federation) is making a real difference…
Prostate cancer patients ‘abandoned to deal with erection problems alone’ - Prostate Cancer UK warns
23/11/16
Thousands of prostate cancer survivors affected by erectile dysfunction are being abandoned without adequate support, new Freedom of Information (FOI) data obtained by Prostate Cancer UK has revealed. Today, the UK’s leading men’s health charity has issued a warning that patchy, insufficient care for erection problems is leaving men across the country with unnecessary long term physical and psychological damage, and is calling on the nation to take action by campaigning for better care in their area…