Drug crisis Abiraterone could save 672 lives a year but NHS England’s complex approval process leaves men spending life savings on a drug that in Scotland and Wales is free. More here
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Speaker hope In a Prrospect discussion about the problematic Active Survellance (AS) it emerged that it is hoped to get Jon MacFarlane, a senior RUH consultant, to speak to our September meeting. Member Henry Brown thought it would be helpful to get him to outline what the structure is at the RUH for managing AS.
Constitution discussed The Prospect committee is discussing our new conctution. More later.
Nigel stands down Nigel Derrett is standing down from the Prospect committee and will hand over his roles to to Gordon Comley. Nigel was thanked for his efforts.
New policy tackled Committee member Paul Baker has drawn up a safeguarding policy for Prospect. He’s sent an initial draft for the committee to consider. More later
Manage stress Article on managing stress can be found here
Remarkable innovation What if we could see PCa before it spreads and becomes dangerous? Thanks to a remarkable innovation called Less Grey Imaging, we’re getting closer. And it’s a great example of how your donations help us take the most innovative new research from the lab to the clinic sooner..See
‘Better’ PCa test A 96 pc accurate PCa test has been developed by scientists and backed by Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy. See more
Death risk halved Artificial intelligence tool determines best candidates to take abiraterone, which can halve risk of death from PCa. See here
Good info on PCa Useful background info about PCa can be found here. And this explains the early symptoms of PCa and those of advanced PCa. Also here is an explanation of the PSA test