News

The PCa memorial is now in Edinburgh Waverley Station until September 13. It is in the secondary concourse area, near the station piano. More information here:

Prostate Cancer UK have created this wellbeing hub to help support you in looking after your emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. More here. And Prostate Cancer Research has more advice on that here

The diabetes drug metformin could prevent the progression of PCa but only for some tumours which are more likely to develop into aggressive cancers. More here

Thousands of English men missing out on abiraterone. It is available there as a first treatment option only for men with high-risk advanced PCa. See here

• Artificial intelligence (AI) tools could enable men to get PCa treatment that’s more personalised to them, saving and extending lives, according to new research. More here

Cancer help sessions

Join informal drop-in sessions for people with a cancer diagnosis, their families and supporters. Sessions every Monday 1.30-2.30pm, Thurs 10-11am at the Macmillan Wellbeing Centre, Southmead Hospital. More here

Scientists reverse drug resistance in PCa by targeting ‘hijacked’ white blood cells (Oct ’23). See here

Mediterranean diet ‘helps cancer survival chances’.  See here  And reducing belly fat is said to slash your risk of PCa – more here There is a new World Cancer Research Fund helpline available on Tuesdays: 12pm–2pm and Thursdays: 6pm–8pm. Call:  0333 034 1988 or email: helpline@wcrf.org

Member Colin Butcher has written an article to help cancer patients and plans more. Find it here

A new drug combination could revolutionise the treatment of advanced PCa and give sufferers months of extra life. More here And NICE has approved darolutamide in combination with hormone therapy and chemotherapy for men with hormone-sensitive advanced PCa. It’s estimated around 6,000 men could benefit (Jun ’23). More here And researchers have found that targeting a single enzyme, called PI5P4Kα, can kill PCa cells, including those that have developed resistance to traditional treatments. More here