Event scheduled at SG18 8JH (SG18 8JH)
14 June 2022
Bedfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group have scheduled an event at SG18 8JH for testing to take place from Jul 30 2022 10:30AM.
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Event scheduled at MK42 9AZ (MK42 9AZ)
14 June 2022
Bedfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group have scheduled an event at MK42 9AZ for testing to take place from Oct 1 2022 10:00AM.
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Test results available for the event at LU4 8AW (LU4 8AW)
02 May 2022
Test results are now available for the event run by Bedfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group at LU4 8AW on May 1 2022 2:00PM.
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TESTIMONIAL
18 March 2022
Good morning. Thanks for the reminder. Following my last PSA test (which came back as a 4), my GP was reluctant to refer me at first as I hadn’t had the test through them and had no history of prostrate cancer. I wasn’t seen by my GP but when I persisted, I was referred to …
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Event scheduled at LU4 8AW (LU4 8AW)
13 March 2022
Bedfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group have scheduled an event at LU4 8AW for testing to take place from May 1 2022 10:00AM.
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EXTRACT FROM TODAY’S I NEWSPAPER – 21.01.2022
21 January 2022
“The National Prostate Cancer Audit 2021 from England and Wales published last week found the number of patients being diagnosed with prostate cancer fell 54% in England between April and June 2020 highlighting the staggering impact the pandemic has had on detecting other serious diseases. Of the men diagnosed with Prostate Cancer since April 2020 …
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TODAY’S TESTIMONIAL – MR PHILLIP CAVAGHAN
17 December 2021
Hi Susan, I just want to let you know I got my results last Friday, they have come back that I have prostate cancer, not a very nice early Christmas present😭. I just want to say thank you to you and the team for giving me the chance to be tested, I know it’s crap that I …
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Richard Griffiths – the Corporate News Manager for North Wales Police has just released this hard hitting video – PLEASE WATCH THIS
27 October 2021
This video has been made by North Wales Police following two years of testing within their force. We have worked very closely with Maria Hughes who is Corporate Head of Medical Services. This video is the real life story of Neil Akers who is the Force Risk and Business Continuity Head, who explains his real …
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PLEASE WATCH OUR RESEARCH FILM AND COMPLETE THE ONLINE RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE
02 June 2021
We are undertaking a major research study into PSA and Free to Total scoring working alongside the University of Manchester. This important research commenced in January 2021, with the aim of finishing in two to three years. We hope this research will help persuade the Health Authorities to implement a National Prostate Cancer Screening Programme …
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FDA Approves Tracer That Improves Detection of Advanced Prostate Cancer
01 June 2021
Tracer is injected into the bloodstream and lights up metastatic prostate cancer cells during PET scanHealthDay FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new imaging agent that detects prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The tracer will help doctors …
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Prostatic Artery Embolisation vs Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for BPH
24 May 2021
European Urology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This study presented 2-year follow-up data of a randomised trial comparing prostate artery embolisation (PAE) with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) among men with refractory symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia with prostate sizes 25 to 80 cc, International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) >7, quality-of-life score >2, and Qmax <12 mL/s. In …
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New prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is
05 May 2021
NEWS RELEASE 26-APR-2021 Test could reduce invasive biopsies UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA New prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is and could reduce invasive biopsies Researchers from the University of East Anglia have developed a new urine test for prostate cancer which also shows how aggressive the disease is. A new study published today …
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WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE RESEARCH SPONSORSHIP FROM GENESISCARE
27 April 2021
We are delighted to announce that the Research Project recently launched in conjunction with Manchester University is being sponsored for 2021 by GenesisCare. This sponsorship will help support us to recruit as many men as possible to the project from tests either carried out by us or our partners, over the past 10 years. WHO …
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WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE!
31 March 2021
GFCT JOINS GROUNDBREAKING RAPID MRI PATHWAY PROJECT! We are absolutely delighted we have now joined the above project headed by Professor Hashim U Ahmed at Imperial College. The programme aims to offer a fast-track prostate cancer diagnostic pathway using high quality MRI scanning techniques. It has so far achieved very encouraging results with a 40 …
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Bedfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group has joined My PSA Tests
30 September 2020
We are delighted to announce that Bedfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group has joined the other charities to use My PSA Tests as their platform for administering and managing their specific PSA testing services.
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Launch of My PSA Tests
27 December 2019
We have now launched the new My PSA Tests online platform in conjunction with our developers at Empresa Limited and will be running a number of pilot events during January to help prove and trial the booking and results services. This platform has been developed with a number of supporting charities and organisations to help improve the approach to organising and running PSA testing events across the country. The aim is to run as many of these events as we can in as many areas as possible, working with many organisations and charities to help increase the awareness and accessibility of PSA testing for men aged 40 years and over.