Drug OK for home use Thousands will be able to get drug for advanced PCa use at home. More here
Author Archives: Bernard Smyth
Improving care
CANCERTALK podcasts explore the potential of Integrative Medicine to improve cancer patients’ lives. It involves a broad, holistic approach to cancer care. Hear podcast here. And here there’s an item discussing if cycling can damage the prostate and what men can do to protect themselves:
Models
We obtain anatomy models Tariq Shahab addressess the Prospect meeting where the Adam,Rouilly male genital organs model was handed over. See story above. Below David Casley and members see the model
Cancer test bus launched Bristol Live reports that Dr Jyoti Sha has converted an old bus into a clinic to test for PCa. She has caught more than 100 cases and urges men to get tested. More here
Dye breakthrough
A special type of fluorescent dye might help surgeons better locate and remove PCa cells. See here
Spit
Spit test ‘better’ A spit test taken at home is better than a blood one, say researchers. See here
Personalised vaccines
Personalised vaccines Thousands to trial personalised cancer vaccines but no mention of PCa. See here
Free help with food/diet Struggling with any aspect of eating while going through cancer? The World Cancer Research Fund Cancer and Nutrition Helpline is now free to call. Can’t find anything to eat that doesn’t make you feel sick? Worried about how different food will interact with your medicine? Or maybe you’ve seen something about […]
New hope for advanced patients
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
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 […]