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Prostate Cancer News: Latest Updates and Information
Navigating Prostate Care Through a Cancer Backlog
Despite active campaigns to address the NHS cancer backlog, many men are feeling the impact of delays and restrictions in cancer diagnostics and treatment incurred by the pandemic. A recent report from the Southeast London Cancer Alliance on cancer diagnoses over the last year of lockdowns showed a 51.4% drop in prostate cancer diagnoses in
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The Four Ps and Your Prostate
We've been thinking a lot in recent months about age and its impact on mens' experience with prostate cancer. This is a continual and growing theme that we're trying to understand, and one question keeps popping up ---- why should all men aged 70 and over be treated the same, when there is such wide
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Can an App Improve Life After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis?
A recent report on digital apps for cancer care was presented to government and NHS leaders by ORCHA Health, “the largest and most comprehensive digital health review service in the world” according to its website. It revealed that there are 3,603 apps to support cancer patients in app stores. It says “There are excellent apps
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Black Men and Prostate Cancer – 2x higher risk of developing it and 2.5x higher risk of dying from it
The facts speak for themselves: Black men are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer as white men and 2.5x more likely as white men to die from it. Researchers are trying to understand the biological and behavioural reasons for the difference in incidence and outcomes, Current policy from the NHS is to offer Black
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Maintaining Pelvic Health After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Pelvic health is not a familiar concept or practice for most men, unlike for women who will experience significant changes in their pelvic health following childbirth and menopause, and for whom shared experience and access to support makes it a regularly discussed and treated condition. For most men, a prostate cancer diagnosis will be the
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Data-Driven Research & The HEAT Registry
Healthcare is continually benefiting from the growth, improvement and increased access to medical data, which, combined with advancing data analysis methods and powerful computing is unlocking questions about disease, prevention and treatment in a fast and cost-effective way. In recent years it is these datasets that are driving research, clinical discovery and adoption. Last year
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Get an independent second opinion before accepting prostate cancer treatment
All men who come to our clinic do so following a diagnosis of prostate cancer and a recommendation for treatment – mostly from the NHS, sometimes from a private clinic. Indeed, they seek us out because they wish to explore alternatives to those recommendations. We provide, by default, a second opinion.In considering a patient for
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Prostate Cancer Side Effects, Incontinence, Impotence, Depression
In the many interviews and conversations we've had with our patients over the last year, few, if any, have concluded without mention of one or more of the "Big Three" side effects that accompany a prostate diagnosis and some forms of treatment – incontinence, sexual function and mental health.We talk about these all the time
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Men with Prostate Cancer are keen to maintain their sexual function, are their doctors listening?
From our conversations with almost 1,000 men who have approached the Focal Therapy Clinic about prostate cancer treatment, we know that many, if not most of them consider the preservation of their sexual function, sexual identity and sexual relationships second only to the preservation of life itself in considering their treatment options.They also tell us
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Should Exercise be Prescribed to Men With Prostate Cancer?
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- Focal Therapy
- MRI Scans
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- Prostatectomy Surgery
- PSA Testing
- Radiotherapy / Hormone
- Recovery After Prostate Cancer
- Relationships & Partners
- Research & Innovation
- Testosterone Suppression
- Urinary Continence
- July 14, 2022
An overview of the history that has led to the acceptance of the mpMRI as integral to prostate cancer diagnosis.
- May 31, 2022
An insight to the experiences of prostate cancer diagnosis from The Focal Therapy Clinic patients.
- May 11, 2022
A collection of opinions and studies on the topic of Focal Therapy as the “Middle Way” in prostate cancer treatment.
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