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...

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 ...

Dear SirsThis letter is to thank you for my being made aware of this disease and as it was caught early, I am able to write this letter.When requesting a routine PSA test in 2017 I found that my GP was not much help and I found that I was queried why I had asked for a PSA test with no symptoms present and he warned me about the risk of treatment outweighing the benefits of early misdiagnosis and procedures due to the test.  I persevered and had the test done, citing the blood test taken at your ...

An article written by Laura Donnelly recently in the Daily Telegraph.Please click on the link for more information...https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/537/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/537/pub/537/page/31/article/150677

Published in UrologyJournal Scan / Research · February 27, 2021European Urology TAKE-HOME MESSAGEThis study prospectively followed more than 40,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986–2014) to evaluate the impact of diet on prostate cancer. In multivariable-adjusted models, the authors found that there was a 7% higher risk of advanced prostate cancer and a 9% higher risk of fatal prostate cancer in the hyperinsulinemic diet. When stratified by age, the hyperinsulinemic diet wa...

"We are delighted to announce that Retired Urological Consultant David Baxter Smith with whom we've had the privilege of working for the past 16 years will be playing a key role in the ongoing Research Project recently undertaken in conjunction with Manchester University. David has from day one had a particular interest in the importance of Free to Total Ratio's as part of the PSA Testing process and will be paying particular attention to this aspect of the Research. In order to give him time to...

Another landmark in our exciting journey. Please click here for the schedule for full details. This doesn't include finds from our Home Testing Kit initiative which has been well received in the County. We've now carried out over 5,000 of these tests, which we believe will form an important part of our armoury, even when event testing resumes hopefully in the Summer.

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This is to let you know that the latest edition of Prostate Matters is now available online here.

Only about 5% of radiotherapy patients are treated with brachytherapy, which means most Prostate Support Groups only have at most one or two brachytherapy patients at their meetings. In order to provide an environment where brachytherapy patients can share experiences and learn from each other, Andrew Gabriel is starting a virtual Prostate Brachytherapy group on Zoom for patients who have had, or who are considering prostate brachytherapy, so that they can talk and share experiences with similar...