Category Archives: News

Erectile dysfunction hope This report gives hope for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. See here

Minorities diet survey This survey explores cancer nutrition/diet resources for people from ethnic minority communities. See here

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 […]

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

Let King Charles’ 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