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Below are the past issues of Prostate Matters. Click here to read the current issue.
Issue Number & Date | Headlines |
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Issue 48 - May 2020 |
A message from Ken Mastris, Chairman of Tackle Welcome to New Trustees Julian Burgess and Roshani Perera AGM & Conference 2020 Announced Raising Awareness - is it worth it? Restarting Cancer Services in the NHS after COVID-19 Financial Help Meet Sarah Gray, our new Lottery-Funded Project Manager Prostate Cancer UK Surgery Pack NICE rejects use of abiraterone Scanning and prostate cancer Artificial intelligence - what do you think? PSA Testing before COVID-10... ... and after! Making buddies From Ashridge to Hunstanton: My first big challenge with Prostate Peddlers A question of life insurance? |
Issue 47 - February 2020 |
Tackle achieves great Lottery win! Tribute to Roger Wotton, Tackle Chairman 2015-2019 Prostate Cancer Research Centre works with Tackle on Patient Voice New Manversation leaflet Knowledge Empowers - new edition Tackle Freedom of Information Request Results The National Prostate Cancer Audit - can you help? Reaching the parts other messages can't reach... Support Groups and Diversity: reports from three groups Save a Dad campaign in schools report by Phil Ormesher Surveys and Studies Abiraterone approved by Scottish Medical Consortium ManVan Update Letter to the Editor Spreading the word at Santander |
Issue 46 - November 2019 |
Roger Retires... |
Issue 45 - August 2019 |
Report of 2019 AGM |
Cycle (or Motorcycle) to the Moon launches for 2019
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Issue 43 - February 2019 |
Kidderminster & Worcestershire PCSG set up a Men's Shed The Big White Bus in Oxford Prostate Cancer Survival in England Spinning on Father's Day in Stratford-on-Avon How Best to Use a Beer Mat Keith Cass Raises Awareness of Prostate Cancer with his Unorthodox Funeral Plans Letters to the Editor Proton Beam Therapy Comes to the UK Prostate Radiotherapy can Benefit Men whose Cancer has Spread The Issue of Incontinence Pad Disposal |
Issue 42 - November 2018 |
Thoughts on Joining a Support Group |
Issue 41 - August 2018 |
2018 AGM & Conference Report |
Issue 40 - May 2018 |
Tackle AGM and Conference: "Healthy Mind, Healthy Body" |
Issue 39 - February 2018 |
Editorial Changes at Prostate Matters |
Issue 38 - November 2017 |
Update on Cycle to the Moon, Save a Dad |
Issue 37 - August 2017 |
2017 AGM & Conference Report |
Issue 36 - May 2017 |
Tackle AGM & Conference 2017 - Trials and Tribulations |
Issue 35 - February 2017 |
Coming Down to Earth from The Hype - the actual story behind the "new laser treatment" |
Issue 34 - November 2016 |
Tackle Funding Call to Support Groups |
Issue 33 - August 2016 |
2016 AGM Report |
Issue 32 - May 2016 |
Internationals Centre for Parliamentary Studies Report |
Issue 31 - February 2016 |
The Importance of Bone Health |
Issue 30 - November 2015 |
Jon Rees interview in The Independent |
Issue 29 - August 2015![]() |
2015 AGM Report |
Issue 28 - May 2015![]() |
Prof Frank Chinegwundoh, Tackle Clinical Trustee, on Prostate Cancer |
Issue 27 - February 2015![]() |
Regional Workshops report |
Issue 26 - November 2014![]() |
Grayshott Spa supports Tackle |
Issue 25 – August 2014![]() |
Tackle at Twickenham – PCSF 2014 AGM report |
Issue 24 – May 2014![]() |
Chief Executive's progress report |
Issue 23 – Winter 2014![]() |
Federation launches new website Patients outraged by cruel NICE betrayal Autumn workshop report: "Getting Fair Treatment from the Health Service" Regionalisation – how it works Sorting out ED – a symptom of confusion? Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group goes to ASDA Commissioning – Integration The Benefits of Aromatherapy New Treatments for Advanced Prostate Cancer Droylsden Group - Awareness and Fund Raising Night |
Issue 22 – Autumn 2013![]() |
Is robotic prostatectomy always better? Adults with Learning Difficulties The Misconception About Palliative Care Enzalutamide A Positive Mental Attitude - Dies it Really Matter? Phil and Tina Delaney’s Story Tackle Prostate Cancer - progress report News from Groups: Droylsden PCSG, York & Selby and South Warwickshire Is Cialis a Brekthrough for Erectile Dysfunction? |
Issue 21 – Summer 2013![]() |
Federation plans to TACKLE prostate cancer 2013 Annual Conference APPLE gets involved in review of local urology services A horse called "Prostate Awareness" Dr Jone Rees - The On Line doctor Benefits of broccoli Aylesbury Vale Support Group: Onwards and Upwards Bolton Group purchases Accuvein for local hospital |
Issue 20 – Spring 2013![]() |
Setting Up a Prostate Cancer Support Group PROSTaid Awareness Event 2013 Cancer and the Imune System Ductal Prostate Cancer Bone Health, a patient's view Exploring the Needs of Gay and Bisexual Men with Prostate Cancer Night Sweats & Hot Flushes - Acupuncture |
Issue 19 – Winter 2013![]() |
2013 Annual Conference Announcement Report on workshop: "Making Support Groups More Effective", Warwick, November 2012 Frank Chinegwundoh – New Federation Trustee Survey: Men, Women and Food after Prostate Cancer Kidderminster - Boxing Day Tractor Run Droylsden Support Group Prospect – Santa-Cruz Rally Avalanche Hits Reading! – PSA testing day |
Issue 18 – Autumn 2012![]() |
Autumn Workshop The Federation in a changing world Changes at the top in the Federation News from Support Groups: Norfolk, PROSTaid and APPLE Good bye to Emma John Dwyer Retires Oxford PCSG Awareness Day PSA-based screening – news from the US may help move things in the UK |
Issue 17 – Summer 2012![]() |
Prostate Cancer UK – working with the Federation Gary Steele Receives the MBE What does the Federation mean to you? - tell us what you want Testosterone Kids Whilst we await the outcome of the Riskman trial - would you like to help save a few lives? Don’t Ignore Prostate Cancer Signs! |
Issue 16 – Spring 2012![]() |
Report on the 2012 AGM |
Issue 15 - Winter 2012![]() |
NICE Rejects Abiraterone & Cabazitaxel My Personal Journey by Nigel Lewis-Barker Book review: Natural Approaches to Prostate Cancer Federation Appoints Development Director Book review: The Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy by Dirk Benedict ‘Riskman’ Progress Urinary Incontinence Post-Prostatectomy The PROMIS Trial |
Issue 14 - Autumn 2011![]() |
Report on “Lifestyle and Prostate Cancer Workshop” Book review: “The Cancer Survivor’s Companion” Adding Radiotherapy to Hormone Therapy A Wife's perspective on advanced prostate cancer PATCH Trial My Man Ladies' Lunch Physiotherapeutic Impact: penile rehabilitation Mike Lockett, Doug Gray and Stafford Scholes |
Issue 13 - Summer 2011![]() |
Autumn 2011 Workshop Book Reviews: Coping Successfully with Prostate Cancer and Prostate Cancer - the Facts Prostate Action – almost one year on The Great Biopsy Debate "Leonardo, Prostate Cancer, PSA test and me" by Peter Sandison Report on Alpharadin "Beating The Tiger" by Bob Arthy Denosumab versus Zoledronic Acid for Treatment of Bone Metastases |
Issue 12 - Spring 2011![]() |
Federation 2011 Annual Conference “Chemo fog” Setting Research Priorities Prostate Action Masterclasses Abiraterone Cryotherapy Transperineal Template Prostate Biopsies |
Issue 11 - Winter 2011![]() |
Critique of the National Screening Committee ScHARR Report Is The “Overtreatment” Argument Outdated? National Campaign to re-consider screening for prostate cancer Attracting New Group Members and Health Professional Associates Re-inventing the Pleasure Machine – Sex after Prostate Disease? Changes in External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer |
Issue 10 - Autumn 2010![]() |
Report of "Prostate Cancer Research – Patients Lead" workshop Norfolk and Waveney PCSG spreads the word! Europa Uomo – Krakow Masterclass Abiraterone Raises Bar in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treatment Should we be using Hormone Deprovation as treatment as first-line therapy? Cancer patient mobility in Europe |
Issue 9 - Summer 2010![]() |
Post Prostatectomy Incontinence Barcelona EAU Congress The Great Drag Race - The Reality Prostate Support Association Kent Prostate Cancer Risk Based Screening Trial – alternative views Prostate Cancer Cryotherapy |
Issue 8 - Spring 2010![]() |
The Prostate Cancer Risk Based Screening Trial Federation Annual Conference and AGM Prostate Cancer & Nitroglycerin PROSTaidAwareness Event Pelvic Floor Exercises Fish Oil & Omega 3 Prostate Cancer Risk-Based Screening (birth of RISKMAN) The Great Drag Race - a daughter's view |
Issue 7 - Winter 2010![]() |
The Great PSA Debate — full report Prostate cancer and diet – update Diet and lifestyle changes RADICALS Clinical Trial The Great PSA Debate Questionnaire Analysis Report National Cancer Patient Information Pathways and Prescriptions |
Issue 6 - Autumn 2009![]() |
The Great PSA Debate - a brekthrough for early detection National Prostate Cancer Awareness Day (The Great Drag Race) The Prospect Web-Site and a Prostate UK Grant Research may point to enhanced treatments The PATCH clinical trial Proactive Prostates Initiative: Europa Uomo — a call to action The Informed Decision-Making Project |
Issue 5 – Summer 2009![]() |
The Great PSA Debate The Great Drag Race Fighting Cancer - a new European Cancer Partnership Prostate Cancer Questionnaire - Results Trial: Alpharadin for Metastatic Disease Green Tea and Prostate Cancer Progression News about Drugs and Treatment |
Issue 4 – Spring 2009![]() |
Annual Conference and AGM PCRMP - where we stand now West Wales Group benefits from Grant Clinical Trials - Hyperbaric Oxygen and Sarcosine Active Surveillance arguments Targeted prostate biopsy MRI in prostate cancer |
Issue 3 – February 2009![]() |
Research issues Promoting Patient Power workshop Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme - men betrayed again The Breuss Diet STAMPEDE Clinical Trial European Prostate Cancer Coalition - Europa Uomo |
Issue 2 – September 2008 |
Inaugural Conference report |
Issue 1 - April 2008 |
Federation Launch |