Today’s Telegraph article featured GFCT and our mission to make PSA testing more accessible for men across the UK. If you’re new to hearing about our work, please have a read of this summary to learn about what we do and how it might save your life. Testing in the Community At our recent event in Warwick’s Nelson Club, nearly 200 men attended for a simple PSA blood test. These events (hosted in community spaces like clubs, churches, and sports...

Did you know that a raised PSA doesn’t always mean cancer? It could point to an enlarged prostate - a common condition with effective treatments available. One treatment option that we would like to particularly highlight is Aquablation therapy. Who is it for? Whilst it is understood, Aquablation is NOT currently a suitable treatment for prostate cancer. It is further understood that there are some ongoing clinical trials to determine if it could help in certain circumstances.&nb...

Recent press coverage has highlighted the success of our ongoing prostate cancer screening programme, promoted by Stratford District Council. So far, 636 tests have been carried out across Stratford, Studley, Southam and Alcester. Of these, 373 men took part in prostate cancer testing. Results have already proved vital, with 83 men referred for further tests via their GP. Alongside prostate cancer screening, tests for diabetes and cholesterol&nbs...

Thanks to the support of Vista Health, part of the InHealth Group, we are delighted to offer hospitals the use of a mobile MRI Scanning Unit at the current NHS tariffs of £147 for a reported non contrast scan and £212 for a reported contrast scan. This incredibly attractive offer is based on a consecutive minimum two, but preferably four-day visit by the scanning unit on hospital premises. The target will be twenty scans a day, thereby helping reduce backlogs and bottlenecks. Th...

We're delighted to announce a new collaboration with Vista Health, one of the country's leading scanning providers with over 50 sites in the UK. Why a prostate MRI?  Provides a highly detailed view of your prostate  MRI scans can reveal signs of prostate cancer, even before changes appear in PSA levels  Is a non-invasive, quick, and pain-free procedure GFCT Treatment Support are subsidising MRI scans making them a more accessible option, improving vital insights ...

Rural ambassadors for PSA & health testing wanted! If you're new here, GFCT is a charity dedicated to increasing awareness of prostate cancer and general health. For 20 years, we’ve run community-based testing sessions across the UK. We’ve carried out nearly 400,000 PSA tests – detecting almost 4,000 prostate cancers early. We’re now looking for more Rural Ambassadors to expand our outreach of health testing and hospital support to more remote areas in n...

Our founder, Graham Fulford MBE, has been invited to a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons to be held on October 14th, at which Prostate Cancer Research aim to demonstrate how targeted prostate cancer screening can be introduced across the UK. This cross-party event, sponsored by APPG on Prostate Cancer Chair Calvin Bailey MBE MP, the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, and PCR Ambassador the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, will bring together the prostate cancer community, campaign supporters&n...

Men with prostate cancer could soon join life-saving clinical trials within hours thanks to Prostate Progress – a groundbreaking platform developed by Prostate Cancer Research and backed by the NHS. For the first time, patient-reported outcomes such as symptoms, side effects, and quality of life will be securely linked to NHS clinical records in real time. This means men can be matched to relevant clinical trials in hours rather than weeks, speeding up access to tr...

Most of you will be aware that there's a clear disparity in many aspects of our life depending on where you live, and the same goes for the speed of diagnosis of prostate cancer, which, like most cancers, has a much better chance of cure if found early. Our Current Work We've already introduced two measures to try to narrow this gap. Any man who has a PSA test via our system and who receives a “Red” result will be given information on how, with his GP's support,...

Graham Fulford, founder of GFCT and GFCT Treatment Support, was diagnosed with prostate cancer early this year. An update from Graham: You may remember from my last update that following the Prostatype report, the next leg was a flow test and bladder scan. The good news on the first part is that "it is a very impressive flow pattern with a maximum flow of 35m/s and a perfect curve". The not quite so good news is that the bladder scan indicated that whilst I managed to void 46...