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Prostate disease latest news
News: Abiraterone approved by NICE following price drop by Janssen
Date: 16 May 2012
PRESS RELEASE - 16 MAY 2012The NHS’s rationing body has approved the use of a life-extending drug for men suffering advanced symptoms of prostate cancer, reversing a previous decision which rejected it on grounds of cost.
Comment: Denosumab will help men with advanced prostate cancer
Date: 24 April 2012
Press Release: Men with 'breast cancer gene' four times more likely to get prostate cancer
Date: 21 April 2012
New finding increases chances of rapid detection and targeted treatment PRESS RELEASE - 21 APRIL 2012 Men with a faulty gene known to increase the risk of breast cancer in women are four times more likely to develop prostate cancer, important new research published in the British Journal of Cancer shows.
News: Targeted therapy using sound-waves offers ‘male lumpectomy’ for prostate cancer
Date: 16 April 2012
A new type of prostate cancer treatment, which uses sound waves to selectively target individual cancer sites, could provide an alternative to traditional treatment with significantly fewer side effects, according to promising results from a clinical trial.
News: Small study suggests possible new treatment for BPH
Date: 10 April 2012
A very small study published in March 2012 may have found an innovative way to reduce the symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) without the usual side-effects.
Press Release: Denosumab - A victory for prostate cancer patients
Date: 29 March 2012
PRESS RELEASE - 30 March 2012NICE, the body that is responsible for deciding which drugs doctors must make available to patients, has published plans to approve a medicine that stops prostate cancer patients’ bones breaking as a result of their cancer spreading - a move that would give men with advanced prostate cancer another level of treatment support. Currently men with advanced prostate cancer have very limited options compared to to women with breast cancer, for whom more treatments are far more widely available.
News: Gala dinner a triumph
Date: 26 March 2012
On 15 March we were pleased to welcome 300 friends and supporters, including our Royal Patron HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, to our Gala Dinner to celebrate our first full year as a merged charity and raise funds for the future.
News: Working with Rowlands pharmacy to raise awareness of prostate disease
Date: 26 March 2012
As part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month we joined forces with Rowlands pharmacy to help spread the word about prostate cancer and the other prostate diseases. Rowlands have 510 pharmacies nationwide and each one of them took awareness posters and information leaflets to display to their customers throughout the month of March.
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Bupa London 10,000 2012
27 May 2012
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The Great Drag Race
29 Jun 2012
Are you man enough to run 10.2km in a frock to drag the issue of prostate cancer into the spotlight?
