The male menopause is the name given to an age-related change in the hormone levels of men. There are several factors which could cause a person to enter this stage of their life.Some of the most common include:Testosterone deficiencyIncreasing SHBG levelsReduced pituitary functionReduced production of testosterone by the testiclesIncreasing insulin resistance/onset of diabetesIn all of these cases, it’s the dramatic reduction in the amount of testosterone the body produces which causes the men...

"Thank you for your recent letter enquiring after my PSA blood test results, as arranged with GFCT at Fratton Park. As you noted in your letter, I had a Red Letter showing a slightly high result and as a response to that letter I saw my G.P. the next day and we had a discussion about the results. He gave me a digital rectal examination and he wasn’t too concerned but he arranged for another blood test and an appointment with an Urologist at our local hospital. The second blood test came back sl...

MIS Healthcare in the UK are currently in the process of rolling out a new medical technology device to help men with the effects of radiation therapy, it is called Barrigel.As we all know the effects of radiation therapy on men after prostate cancer treatment can be quite bad, Barrigel is a rectal spacer that is designed to offer more comfort to the patient and to help reduce the side effects of radiation therapy.Barrigel are not the only spacer on the market, there is another one called ‘Spac...

“Happy Christmas to you guys, keep up the great work, the last time you checked me l was given an Amber report, unfortunately I had difficulty in getting my GP’s to take my early warning result and my own related symptoms seriously and was fobbed off.  When I eventually got them to get their act together, time had passed, tests were undertaken, and I was diagnosed with having advanced prostate cancer which had broken out from the prostate! BAD NEWS for me!!!!! However, thank you guys for the p...

We have been aware of the importance a review and analysis of our data might have for research purposes for some time, particularly given it now covers more than 154,033 results from over 103,000, men in more than 77,000 different postcodes in the UK.We are delighted to announce, the launch of a two-year project with Manchester University covering not only an analysis of our results but also men's attitudes to genetic testing and other factors which could help improve the diagnostic pathway for ...

Orchid Male Cancer, has funded an initial study of Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) to help prostate cancer diagnosis. CTCs can be detected in blood and can identify men who are at risk of more advanced prostate cancer. You can read more about the research here

You may have seen recent publicity about the increased deaths from a number of other causes during the Covid pandemic because of the delays in early diagnosis. Deaths from Prostate Cancer is up there with all the rest... with an increase of up to 53% being quoted. If that's right this could lead to an extra 6,500 deaths or so on an annualised basis.A scary thought. Our Home Testing Kit facility can help overcome this.Since launching in June we've already carried out approa...

Many of you will be aware of the publicity surrounding the increase in death from a number of causes such as breast cancer and heart conditions during the current pandemic because of the inability of the NHS to provide the required support at this time. Additional deaths from Prostate Cancer is right up there with them with an increase of 53% being quoted recently. Given there are already 12,000 or so deaths from this insidious disease a year this could add upwards of 6,500 men to  the statistic...

Like most Charities we've been hit financially by the Covid Pandemic though thankfully perhaps  not  as much as some. In this respect I'm delighted to announce we've now joined the Amazon Smile Charity giving programme whereby Amazon donate 0.5% of any purchases you make through them providing you select us as your nominated Charity. Given the move to more and more online shopping particularly during these difficult times this is a real boost for all of us and I understand it's already raised £4...

I'm delighted to report another two huge milestones in the Charity's history. Firstly we've now hit over 150,000 tests in conjunction with all the Groups we work with and secondly between us we've passed the 2,000 cancer find mark with that total currently standing at 2047! The new home testing kit facility is settling down well with over 1500 tests carried out in the first 3 months including over 70 Reds which will no doubt reveal a further 17 cancers or so in due course showing how important t...