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Prospect AGM ’25 April 29, 7pm at BAWA. It will be preceded by a talk on incontinence by Ryan Down of Clinisupplies

Meetings/speakers ♦ First Thursday of month (10am-noon) coffee mornings held at the Penny Brohn Centre, Chapel Pill Lane, Pill, Bristol BS20 0HH. After some ‘hicoughs’ we have booked until 2027. ♦ Third Tuesday of month (2-4pm) meetings at the Macmillan Wellbeing Centre, Southmead Hospital. ♦ Friends and family welcome at all our meetings. Prospect runs […]

Longer waits West patients facing long waits for prostate ops. See

New test hailed A new test that can detect PCa before symptoms appear has been hailed by scientists. More

Vaccine hope Southampton scientists are working on a ‘breakthrough’ cancer vaccine. See here

Stop a comeback Research into stopping a comeback of cancer. See here

Spit test ‘better’ A spit test taken at home is better than a blood one, say researchers. See here

Personalised vaccines Thousands to trial personalised cancer vaccines but no mention of PCa. See here

New hope for advanced patients The first patients have been enrolled to take part in a trial of a radioactive isotope used as a treatment for metastatic PCa. This first worldwide trial introduces a promising new therapy for patients who have exhausted all other options in their treatment. More here

Delay ‘OK’ and a West first Delaying treatment for localised PCa does not increase mortality risk, Bristol trial shows. More here And two Somerset hospitals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help speed up diagnosing PCa. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust said it is the first in the UK to introduce its AI tool, called Pi, […]