Prostate cancer

All about prostate cancer, including symptoms and causes, tests to diagnose cancer of the prostate, treatment including surgery, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) and current research, including abiraterone and cabazitaxel. Living with prostate cancer covers coping with your diagnosis, urinary problems and your sex life.

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News: NICE recommends prostate cancer drug abiraterone: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued new draft guidance recommending the use of previously rejected prostate cancer drug abiraterone (Zytiga) on the NHS.; 16 May 2012
News: Genetic variation 'predicts behaviour of prostate cancer': Measuring a type of genetic variation in the blood of men with prostate cancer could help predict how their disease will develop, according to US research.; 8 May 2012
Press release: Prostate cancer cases hit 40,000 for the first time: Latest figures from Cancer Research UK reveal that the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK has risen above 40,000.; 4 May 2012

News: Abiraterone: now available on the NHS (except in Scotland): Regular readers will know that we’ve been keenly following the story of abiraterone – a prostate cancer drug developed by British scientists – since 2008. So we hope you share our delight over this morning’s news, that NICE and pharma … Continue reading →; 16 May 2012
News: News digest – curry extract and bowel cancer, infections and cancer, brain tumours and more: We launched a clinical trial (press release) to test whether curcumin – an extract from the curry spice turmeric – could improve treatment for advanced bowel cancer. This doesn’t mean curry cures cancer (as we pointed out here), or that … Continue reading →; 12 May 2012
News: News digest – abiraterone in Scotland, No Smoking Day, red meat, oral cancer, and more: It was a week that started in Scotland, with the ‘no’ decision on prostate drug abiraterone, and went on to cover skin cancer, No Smoking Day, oral cancer, shisha pipes, prostate screening and cancer-munching blood cells. In short, it was … Continue reading →; 16 Mar 2012