Today, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) published its draft recommendation to offer prostate cancer screening only to men who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic variant. For some families, this will be welcome news - and we recognise how important that is. But for...
A massive thankyou to Neil Chapman (President) of the Torbay Country Bowls Club, and the club members for their amazing donation of £2,000. Helping to save lives in Torbay...
Some interesting debate about the need for a PSA screening programme on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show today. Link below to the programme below, The interview starts at 33:21 with our chairman Ian Nightingale, The interview is followed by phone ins from listeners. [button size=''...
More excellent publicity on yesterday's BBC Spotlight feature about last Wednesday's PSA testing event at the Livermead House Hotel. This not only speads the word about our Association and testing events, but also raises awareness for the need of a national targeted screening programme. Link...
It's vital, I believe, that the Cardiac unit at Torbay remains. Here is some information about the proposal to move it to Exeter. save heart care 1 Save heart care 2...
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As many of you will be aware TPSA are working on updating our constitution to make it more appropriate to how the organisation has evolved over the past 26 years. A key step in this process is to define who are our voting members (this...
Below is a link to a campaign for progressing some really encouraging research into 'Less Grey Imaging' a huge imrovement from traditional MRI scans. The £10,000 target has been met but it will be interesting to see the progress of this initiative. Also once you open...
Below is the latest update on PCR's campaign Proactive for your Prostate. Some interesting progress plus backing from The Guardian newspaper. [button size='' style='' text='Campaign Link' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://mailchi.mp/pcr.org.uk/the-momentum-is-real-another-national-paper-backs-prostate-cancer-screening?e=f073835fd1' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] ...
Coming soon, on Sunday 21st Septeber our Secretary Paul Lloyd is bravely running his first half marathon at the age of 65, in support of TPSA. If you cou ld give him some financial incentive to push him towards the finishing line it would be...
