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Meaning On this site prostate cancer is often written as PCa

Successful AGM A successful night on April 29 at BAWA. Committee newcomers were welcomed and here is a short summary for those who weren’t able to attend the AGM. Malcolm Gamlin and Bernard Smyth stood down from the committee, but Bernard is to continue as the website manager. Gordon Comley was elected to the committee […]

Meetings/speakers ♦ Members’ meetings are held at BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton BS34 7RF and are listed on this page as they are planned. Website ♦ 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. ♦ […]

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 in The Times but you need to be a subscriber

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

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, […]