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Water-jet procedure to shrink enlarged prostates will be offered to thousands of men as routine NHS treatment  More here

A research team is investigating whether drugs can be used to prevent PCa from spreading, treat that which has already spread and perhaps even delay or prevent resistance to current therapies. More here

A revolutionary ‘new era’ drug, Lu-PSMA, acts like a ‘guided missile’ to target cancerous cells and spares healthy tissue, writes Eleanor Hayward, Health Correspondent, in the Times.

Active monitoring of PCa has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the ProtecT trial, led by Bristol and Oxford Universities. Although men on active monitoring were more likely to see it progress or spread than those receiving radiotherapy or surgery, this didn’t reduce their likelihood of survival. The […]

A ’cancer-killing pill’ that appears to ‘annihilate’ tumours is being tested on humans. More here But an unprecedented analysis of how cancers grow has revealed an “almost infinite” ability of tumours to evolve and survive, say scientists. Nine years work left the research team “surprised” and “in awe” at the formidable force they were up […]

Dr Mark Porter tells why he’s never had a PSA test and how few subjects polarise doctors as much as PSA testing. More here

An innovative type of scan – called VERDICT MRI – alongside standard imaging techniques has been found to be significantly better at identifying men who do not have PCa. These men could safely avoid biopsy. More here