The Federation's official journal is entitled Prostate Matters and is made available to all Member Organisations in sufficient numbers for them to distribute to their own members.
Copies of "Prostate Matters" are available for download from the links below as "pdf" files which can be displayed by the use of a "pdf" Reader. If your computer does not have a suitable Reader, you can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free, by clicking here.
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.
Autumn 2011 Workshop; Book Reviews – Coping 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
Critique of the National Screening Committee ScHARR Report; Is The “Overtreatment” Argument Outdated?; National Campaign to re-consider screening for prostate cancer; Attracting New Group Members and Health Professional Associates; Re-inventing the Pleasure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
Report of "Prostate Cancer Research – Patients Lead" workshop; Norfolk and Waveney PCSG spreads the word!; Europa Uomo – Krakow Masterclass; Abiraterone, latest results and news; Hormone treatment as first line therapy; Cancer patient mobility in Europe; PeterLoader
Post-prostatectomy Incontinence; Barcelona EAU Congress;
The Great Drag Race - The Reality; Prostate Support Association Kent;
Prostate Cancer Risk Based Screening Trial – alternate views; Prostate Cancer Cryotherapy
The Prostate Cancer Risk Based Screening Trial; Federation Annual Conference and AGM; Prostate Cancer & Nitroglycerine; PROSTaidAwareness Event; Pelvic Floor Excersises; Fish Oil & Omega 3; The Great Drag Race - a daughter's view
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 Prescriptions.
The Great PSA Debate — initial report; National Prostate Cancer Awareness Day, 19th June; The Prospect Web-Site and a Prostate UK Grant; Research may point to enhanced treatments; The PATCH clinical trial; Europa Uomo — a call to action; The Informed Decision Making Project.
The Great PSA Debate — Nov 10th; The Great Drag Race; European Cancer Partnership; Patient Questionnaire — Results; Alpharadin for Metastatic Disease — Phase III Trail starting; Green Tea (again); Trials show longer adjuvant hormone treatment gives greater survival.
Annual Conference and AGM; PCRMP - where we stand now; West Wales benefits from Prostate UK Grant; Clinical Trials - hyperbaric oxygen, Sarcosine; Active Ssurveillance arguments; Targeted prostate biopsy; MRI in prostate cancer.
Research issues; Promoting Patient Power workshop; Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme - men betrayed again; The Breus diet; STAMPEDE Clinical Trial; Europa Uomo.
Federation - The Way Ahead; Inaugural Conference
report; Searching for the perfect diet; RADICALS Trial; Rusty Surgeons put
Patients at Risk; Novel Chemo Drug; New tests may predict spread; Clinical Nurse specialists.
Federation Launch; NICE Clinical Guideline – comment; Cyalis daily; Research updates: early PSA measurement, PCA-3, adjuvant hormone therapy with EBRT, Radium 233 for HR disease, genetic risk factors.
Articles to be considered for inclusion in "Prostate Matters" are always welcome, and should be sent to the Editor.
"Prostate Matters" is a development from a collaboration between a number of patient support groups spread across the south of England, which resulted in publication "Prostate Matters South". You can download past issues of "Prostate Matters South" by clicking here.
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This page was updated on 23rd November 2011
