STAMPEDE Trial. A First Hand Experience
You may have heard about the STAMPEDE (Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy) trial. If not, it is a large clinical trial that aims to assess new treatment approaches for people affected by high-risk prostate cancer. The trial has tested many different ways of treating prostate cancer and some […]
Welcome to the team, Mark Kelly, our new National Peer Support Coordinator!
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve recently welcomed Mark Kelly, our new National Peer Support Coordinator to the team. Mark, will be such an important member of Tackle and will be the lead in strengthening relations with existing support groups as well as supporting those who wish to start their own support groups. Want to […]
Prostate Peddlers inaugural Open Day
Prostate Pedallers is an exercise club whose aim is to help you become both mentally and physically fitter so that you are in the best possible shape and state of mind to keep your prostate cancer at bay.
Tackle commends Ben Stiller for sharing his prostate cancer experience
We commend Ben Stiller for sharing his experience of being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Thanks to a wise and informed clinician, he has been saved from joining the ever increasing ranks of men diagnosed with advanced and incurable prostate cancer, which is partly as a result of the continuing misinformation and negative publicity about the […]
Cancer Drugs Fund – the latest
According to the NHS, the latest changes to the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) will “provide patients with faster access to the most promising new cancer treatments”. Most existing prostate cancer treatments are already included – and Tackle has been at the forefront of campaigning on your behalf to ensure they are. Sounds promising! But the […]