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Prostate Cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in men and numbers are rising each year. Men aged 40 onwards are at risk. www.hammersmithresearch.com.

How many?

30,000 men are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in the UK every year. Prostate Cancer statistics show that 10,000 die from the disease, many not being diagnosed early enough.

Famous Sufferers...

Denis Law, Harry Secombe, Louis Farrakhan

Who's at risk?

Regular health checks are advised and request for a PSA test should be included. Ask you GP for details and look out for the advertised Awareness Weeks in the press and TV. www.prostate-cancer.co.uk

Have I got PC?

As there are often no signs or indications from self examination, middle aged men should ask their GP for a PSA blood test as part of their regular medical check-ups.

PSA Test

A Prostate Specific Antigen blood test will give the doctor a more positive indication of what, if any, other investigations are required.

PSA Test

www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
This appeal is made to raise awareness of this life treating disease.

Prostate Cancer The Facts

Did you know: a man dies every hour of every day from Prostate Cancer in the UK. It is the most common non dermatological malignancy worldwide and the second largest cause of cancer deaths in the Western World. Unfortunately, the figures continue to rise despite large investments in research into the disease.

Brachytherapy is an internal radiotherapy treatment generally available throughout the USA financed via patient insurance plans. The NHS has severe financial constraints and new technologies take some time to be implemented.

In the meantime when Cllr. Brian Chaplin was diagnosed with PC and referred to Leeds as a prospective recipient of Brachytherapy, he asked why and was told that there was no alternative centre available. As a result he returned to Cheltenham and, with assistance from a group of friends, formed the GPCT with the intention of providing this new procedure for NHS patients.

The charity contines to raise funds for Cheltenham General Hospital's Oncology Unit donating some £3,500 per patient. The unit has a capacity of 30+ patients and by the end of 2007 some 80 men have successfully treated.

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