Author Archives: Bernard Smyth

Former England striker Mick Harford wants to unite football fans to join Prostate Cancer FC, raise awareness of the risk factors, fund research and save lives in every club across the UK (Feb 23). See more here

Facebook has a new site for women affected by a partner’s PCa. See here

This new test for PCa has 94pc accuracy (Feb 23). See here

Scientists discovered a single bout of exercise can suppress tumour growth and actively fight cancerous cells – even in those with incurable, advanced cancer (Jan ’23). More here And getting active doesn’t have to be boring. Here are some tips to help put the fun firmly into fitness. And there’s a YouTube talk about the […]

A DRUG that works like a ‘poison arrow’ could transform the treatment of men who have the deadliest prostate cancers. The two-in-one treatment wiped out lethal tumours in lab tests, and trials were starting on British men within weeks (Dec ’22). Download poison-arrow-drug.rtf

Three charities have united with actor Stephen Fry, who survived PCa, to call for precision treatments Olaparib and Pluvicto to be made available. See more here

The overall cancer death rate has fallen 16pc since Cancer Research UK was founded, the charity said. It added that about 310 in every 100,000 people died from cancer each year in the UK in the early 2000s – but that now it’s around 260. See more here

A cancer vaccine that uses the same technology as Covid shots has been shown to slash the risk of tumours returning in advanced melanoma patients. More here