News

Concert a hit

The recent men’s choir event in aid of Prospect raised the amazing sum of ÂŁ1,544 so thanks to the singers and organisers.

Drug OK for home use

Thousands will be able to get drug for advanced PCa use at home. More here

New screening trial

Prostate Cancer UK is launching a ÂŁ42m research programme – the TRANSFORM trial – to find the best way to screen men for PCa, so one day all men at risk are invited for regular tests to find aggressive cancers in time for a cure. More her. And screening men born with a high risk of developing PCa, once they reach 45, makes financial sense, Prostate Cancer Research says. But it also acknowledges more accurate tests would be needed to justify screening all men (Nov ’24). This view is supported by Prostate Cancer UK. More here

Researchers find new approaches to hormone therapy to keep it working for longer. More here

Let King Charles’s illness finally change how we speak about cancer: it’s not about ‘winning’ or ‘losing’ a ‘war’, writes Simon Jenkins in the Guardian. As someone treated for bowel cancer, he thinks attitudes must change but also the language. Some of it is tactless, some ridiculous. More here

The government has announced 13 new diagnostic centres, enabling the NHS to perform nearly 750,000 more PCa tests and checks each year, says Prostate Cancer Research (Dec ’23).

RUH Bath is the first hospital in the West to use non-invasive PCa treatment. Newly-diagnosed men in the region who think they may be eligible for the treatment can speak to their clinician about referral. See here

Resistance to normal treatment for advanced PCa may be reversed in some men by stopping white blood cells from being “hijacked” and pulled into tumours, say researchers (2023) More here

How to keep your prostate healthy? Have more sex. See more here And more help here

The PCa memorial is now in Waterside Shopping Centre, Lincoln, and will stay until March 12. The link to add a name is closed now but we will announce when it is open again.