The GFCT Blog

We are always striving to spread awareness about the importance of early diagnosis and how it can be life saving. Keep up with our news at the charity as well as industry-wide updates through our blog and social media platforms.


21/01/2022
“The National Prostate Cancer Audit 2021 from England and Wales published last week found the number of patients being diagnosed with prostate cancer fell 54% in England between April and June 2020 highlighting the staggering impact the pandemic has had on detecting other serious diseases.Of the men diagnosed with Prostate Cancer since April 2020 a higher proportion – 21% versus 17% - were diagnosed at the most advanced stage compared with the previous year.Prostate Cancer is now the most comm...
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17/12/2021
Hi Susan,I just want to let you know I got my results last Friday, they have come back that I have prostate cancer, not a very nice early Christmas present😭.I just want to say thank you to you and the team for giving me the chance to be tested, I know it’s crap that I have cancer but if it wasn’t for you guys I would be walking oblivious doing my normal daily work etc and the cancer would be growing and spreading round my body.I am going into the Freeman hospital to...
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27/10/2021
This video has been made by North Wales Police following two years of testing within their force.  We have worked very closely with Maria Hughes who is Corporate Head of Medical Services.  This video is the real life story of Neil Akers who is the Force Risk and Business Continuity Head, who explains his real life experience following a routine PSA blood test, his visit to his GP and eventually finding out he had agressive cancer.  His words are, "If I hadn't taken the test I would not see Decem...
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02/06/2021
We are undertaking a major research study into PSA and Free to Total scoring working alongside the University of Manchester. This important research commenced in January 2021, with the aim of finishing in two to three years. We hope this research will help persuade the Health Authorities to implement a National Prostate Cancer Screening Programme for all men in the UK.If you would like to help us achieve this, we would ask you to participate by completing the questionnaire by clicking this link...
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01/06/2021
Tracer is injected into the bloodstream and lights up metastatic prostate cancer cells during PET scanHealthDay FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging agent that detects prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The tracer will help doctors find metastatic prostate cancer cells that are difficult to detect with traditional imaging methods, Michael Morris, M.D., a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kette...
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24/05/2021
European UrologyTAKE-HOME MESSAGEThis study presented 2-year follow-up data of a randomised trial comparing prostate artery embolisation (PAE) with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) among men with refractory symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia with prostate sizes 25 to 80 cc, International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) >7, quality-of-life score >2, and Qmax <12 mL/s. In all, 103 patients were initially randomised, 51 to PAE and 52 to TURP, with 34 (PAE) and 47 (TURP)...
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05/05/2021
NEWS RELEASE 26-APR-2021Test could reduce invasive biopsiesUNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIANew prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is and could reduce invasive biopsiesResearchers from the University of East Anglia have developed a new urine test for prostate cancer which also shows how aggressive the disease is.A new study published today shows how an experimental new test called 'ExoGrail' has the potential to revolutionise how patients with suspected prostate cancer are risk-asse...
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27/04/2021
We are delighted to announce that the Research Project recently launched in conjunction with Manchester University is being sponsored for 2021 by GenesisCare.This sponsorship will help support us to recruit as many men as possible to the project from tests either carried out by us or our partners, over the past 10 years.WHO ARE GENESISCARE?GenesisCare is the UK’s leading independent provider of advanced and innovative cancer diagnostics, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and Theranostics. It currently...
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31/03/2021
GFCT JOINS GROUNDBREAKING RAPID MRI PATHWAY PROJECT!We are absolutely delighted we have now joined the above project headed by Professor Hashim U Ahmed at Imperial College.The programme aims to offer a fast-track prostate cancer diagnostic pathway using high quality MRI scanning techniques. It has so far achieved very encouraging results with a 40 to 50% reduction in the need for biopsy following a raised PSA score.Moreover, where biopsies are required, they take the form of the much safer trans...
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24/03/2021

NEW TESTIMONIAL

24 Mar, 2021 |
To the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust I am involved with a local Prostate Cancer Support Group and as a P.C.patient myself I had a need to order one of your 'Self Testing' PSA sample kits.I required a kit quickly as I had an appointment with a Consultant on a Monday morning, I quickly ordered a self-test kit (on a Thursday) hoping that it would arrive in time for me to do the sample, the sample duly arrived the day after - Friday morning!My next thought was, would I get the sample back in time ...
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