The UK will lead a prostate cancer revolution, set to stop four in ten deaths from the disease.
The biggest trial in a generation will test the effectiveness of diagnosis techniques, with a national screening programme almost certain to follow.
In a major victory for the Daily Mail, the results of the £42million trial are expected to ‘transform’ practice, saving thousands of lives a year.
Doctors say it will also create a ‘treasure trove’ of data, samples and images that
Queen Camilla was all smiles as she left King Charles after visiting him on his second day in hospital after successful prostate surgery on Friday.
The Queen appeared to be sharing a joke with her driver and bodyguard as they grinned alongside her in the Audi as she arrived at The London Clinic at midday.
And that cheerful disposition was retained as the same car drove away this afternoon, after checking in on the monarch.
King Charles is currently spending
The King is ‘fine’ as he prepares to undergo treatment for an enlarged prostate this week, the Queen has told a member of the public during a visit in Swindon.
Camilla visited Deacon and Sons, a 175-year-old family run jewellery shop, in Swindon on Monday afternoon.
Among those outside hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen was 86-year-old Jessie Jackson, from Swindon, who said Camilla told her the King ‘is fine’.
Ms Jackson told the PA news agency she
Queen Camilla today said she hoped the ‘horrific’ scourge of domestic abuse would be ‘obliterated’ in the next 50 years, while making a speech at a domestic abuse charity.
The monarch’s address marked the 50th anniversary of the Swindon Domestic Abuse Support Service, which she honoured with a visit to the charity’s refuge.
Th monarch met with staff, volunteers, families and partner agencies including Wiltshire Police and Swindon Borough Council to highlight their work.
During her appearance at the refuge,
Most men rarely give a thought to their prostate – that is, until it starts causing problems.
And for almost every man in the country the chances are that it will, to a greater or lesser extent, as they age. Then their prostate can become an almost all-consuming preoccupation.
The prostate, for those who aren’t aware, is a gland that sits just below the bladder, in the pelvis. Its main job is to produce seminal fluid, which carries sperm. And
Cancer now robs Brits of 14 years of life, according to an analysis branded a ‘wake up call’.
For comparison, this is one extra year than for patients diagnosed in the 1980s. And experts predict it could get even worse.
One leading oncologist said, on the back of the new survival data, it was time ‘to put cancer right back at the top’ of the Government’s agenda. Another demanded it was treated ‘with the same gusto’ as the historic Covid
Simon Jordan has revealed that he is recovering from surgery after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has forced him to step back from his punditry duties on talkSPORT. The former Crystal Palace owner has not featured on the White and Jordan show for a number of weeks, with his absence having led to questions being asked over his long-term role with the station.
Jordan returned to the airwaves on Tuesday morning to clear things up by sharing details of
Former Crystal Palace chairman and renowned broadcaster Simon Jordan has revealed he is recovering from prostate cancer and has undergone surgery.
Jordan, who owned Premier League club Palace for a decade and was formerly one of football’s youngest chairmen, opened up on his
How many people does it kill?
More than 11,800 men a year – or one every 45 minutes – are killed by the disease in Britain, compared with about 11,400 women dying of breast cancer.
It means prostate cancer is behind only lung and bowel in terms of how many people it kills in Britain.
In the US, the disease kills 26,000 men each year.
Despite this, it receives less than half the research funding of breast cancer and treatments
This, I was sure, was going to be a good day. A day to forget the struggles of the past three years and to look forward to the future.
I’d had a heart attack in 2013, at the age of only 48. It was an enormous shock, and not just because of my age. My life had been devoted to fitness.
A former professional footballer — I was Newcastle United’s youngest ever first-team debutant, aged 16 — I later became
