More details of PC...
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...
Roger Moore, Robert de Niro, Sir Julian Critchley (died 2000)
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.
News and Events
This section of our website is being allocated to news relating to our charity, its sponsors, donors and patients who may wish to report on fund raising events.
Patients are likewise being asked if they will report on their experiences before, during diagnosis, subsequent treatment and life after returning home and/or back to work.
Many men will welcome this first hand information and may even benefit from knowing how others have faced up to the trauma of being diagnosed with PC.
From knowledge so far acquired, brachytherapy treatment has been remarkably successful. Hundreds of men have been treated in this country and America and many have related, through the Internet, their thanks to the medical profession for giving them back a virtually normal life style.
News
Donations recently received
A friend donated a number of Concorde artefacts which were auctioned raising a grand total of £946. We are grateful to the Directors of Zyex Ltd. who bid for all of these items.
From the Eveson Trust we are honoured to receive a donation of £7,000.
We are most grateful to receive donations of £1,460 from the Gloucestershire MG Owners Club. From Zurich International £100 and £345 collected in our honour by guests at a yet another friend’s wedding.
As we have stated before, all donations are most welcome and every penny goes directly towards providing treatment for men receiving Brachytherapy at Cheltenham General Hospital.
We are also delighted to inform you we have been informed that, even in the face of crippling NHS cutbacks, our GPCT programme will continue to support men suffering from this life threatening disease.
Thank you so much for your continued support. See our Donations page for details.
Events
The golf day held on 30th August at the Brickhampton Course raised £3,525. The GPCT wishes to thank the organisers and all of those participants who entered the event for their generosity.
Everyone agreed that the money raised was for a most deserving cause and hoped to meet again in 2008.
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