European Experts Advocate Population-based Screening
Tackle wholeheartedly welcomes the news that the European Association of Urology, probably the most informed and expert major international body to make a judgement, has published a clear and unequivocal recommendation in favour of population-based Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening to reduce the unacceptable death rate from Prostate Cancer (PCa). In a lengthy paper published […]
Tackle Makes Submission to UK National Screening Committee
In partnership with CHAPS and ORCHID, Tackle has submitted our views on prostate cancer screening to the UK National Screening Committee (NSC). In their last review in 2015/16, the NSC did not recommend screening for the following reasons: Evidence suggests prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing could reduce prostate-cancer related mortality by 21%. Despite this, the major harms of […]
Scottish Medicines Commission approves an extended use for Abiraterone
The Scottish Medicines Commission have recently approved the use of Abiraterone earlier in the treatment pathway for prostate cancer. This approval is specifically for patients with newly diagnosed, high risk, metastatic, hormone sensitive prostatic cancer. Or to put it more simply, patients who have just been diagnosed with significant advanced disease who would normally just […]
Tackle awarded funding by the National Lottery
Tackle Prostate Cancer, the voice of prostate cancer patients and their families in the UK have been awarded funding by the National Lottery for the project Tackling Prostate Cancer – peer-to-peer support for men with prostate cancer. The grant is for just under £238,000 over three years. There are three main aims for this project: to increase […]
Evaluating psychological support services available on the NHS
We are very pleased to announce that the results of our Freedom of Information request to all NHS Trusts in England and Wales have been published in BJUI International. The background to this paper starts with Roger Wotton who believed strongly that the emotional and psychological aspects of prostate cancer can sometimes be more debilitating […]
Prostate Cancer Screening News
The MRI Scanning trial at UCLH highlighted in the national news brings hope of increased and improved prostate cancer screening for the UK’s number one male cancer causing 47,000 new cases and nearly 12,000 deaths each year. MRI scanning is now the best way to see if there is an aggressive, dangerous cancer inside the […]
New Guide for Sons and Daughters
Survey results released today have revealed that more than half of sons, daughters or fathers with prostate cancer, avoid talking about his diagnosis.1 Despite this, almost one in two sons and daughters surveyed admitted to having questions they wanted to ask their father, 1 and three out of five wish they felt more confident in starting a conversation […]
Sad News
It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we announce the death of our friend Roger Wotton on Friday last week after a courageous fight against Prostate Cancer. Roger was tireless in his commitment to the cause of prostate cancer awareness. He was a passionate advocate of the importance of the view of prostate […]
Tackle contributes to One Cancer Voice: a manifesto for people living with cancer
Tackle has joined other cancer charities including Cancer Research UK and Macmillan to publish a manifesto for people living with cancer. The key points are: Put the right staff in place Diagnose cancer earlier Ensure people living with cancer have access to the appropriate treatment and pscychological support Support people living with cancer beyond their […]
Prostate Cancer Screening – Update
As a Charity campaigning for better awareness and access to PSA screening for Prostate Cancer (PCa), we flag up significant advances in our fight against our commonest male cancer killing nearly 12,000 UK men every year, a figure now exceeding deaths from breast cancer. We therefore track reports from scientific journals and international conferences. The […]