Campaigning/advocacy
Prostate Cancer myths
Posted on August 5, 2024 in Campaigning/advocacy, Incontinence, News & ViewsLiving in an era of information overload is challenging. In the case of healthcare, the sheer quantity of information, which ranges in quality, is overwhelming at best and harmful at worst. Prostate cancer is no exception. Our patients tell us some incredible things that they’ve been told and advised in their journeys to our clinic. […]
Read more →Oliver Kemp : Prostate Cancer Research is helping men
Posted on July 30, 2024 in Campaigning/advocacy, News & Views, PodcastJoining OnFocus today is Oliver Kemp, CEO of Prostate Cancer Research in the UK and Director of PCR Inc. in the USA, whose mission Oliver describes as “to use our deep understanding of patient priorities and the research ecosystem to enable and implement the innovations that have greatest potential for impact, and to help scientists […]
Read more →Men’s Health Week: a conversation with prostate cancer campaigner Elvin Box
Posted on July 26, 2024 in Campaigning/advocacy, Mens' health, Mental health, PodcastSummary Elvin Box, a popular and passionate advocate for men with prostate cancer, joins this episode of OnFocus. Diagnosed in 2016, Elvin is a Movember UK ambassador and has written and campaigned extensively on a number of issues impacting men and their families as they experience a diagnosis of prostate cancer and navigate treatment options. […]
Read more →Prostate Cancer in the media
Posted on July 10, 2024 in Campaigning/advocacyMaking sense of media reporting on prostate cancer We live in an information-rich time; never before has so much content been available to each of us so quickly and easily. Our challenge is to differentiate quantity and quality amongst the deluge. Online searches are increasingly spent navigating through misinformation and fake news and distinguishing “my […]
Read more →Bill Turnbull and the Rise of Patient Self-Advocacy
Posted on September 2, 2022 in Campaigning/advocacy, News & ViewsAn inspirational campaigner and a meaningful legacy The death this week of Bill Turnbull, popular TV and radio presenter, is a blow to all who knew him whether in person or through his media work. It is especially felt amongst those whose lives have been impacted by prostate cancer, as Bill was an active […]
Read more →Errol McKeller : Prostate Cancer Screening for Black Men, 1 in 4
Posted on January 24, 2022 in Campaigning/advocacy, Diagnosis, PodcastJoining me today is Errol McKellar, founder of the Errol McKellar Foundation, which is dedicated to raising awareness of men’s health and, in particular, prostate cancer in the black community. Errol has a legendary status in the London youth football community, having been a coach and scout for over 50 years and supporting the rise […]
Read more →Elvin Box : Smashing Prostate Cancer taboos
Posted on November 12, 2021 in Campaigning/advocacy, Mental health, PodcastElvin Box is on a mission to eradicate the taboos faced by men with prostate cancerElvin Box, a popular and passionate advocate for men with prostate cancer, returns to OnFocus to discuss the Movember campaign. Introduction Elvin Box is a prostate cancer survivor and a passionate advocate for men’s health. Diagnosed in 2016, he now […]
Read more →“CancerCareMap.org” Accessing Prostate Cancer Support.
Posted on November 1, 2021 in Campaigning/advocacy, Podcast, Prostate Cancer SupportRobin Pritchard, co-director of Cancer Care Map, joins On Focus to discuss how the online map he provides works and how it is impacting the communities it serves. Cancer Care Map was designed to help people living with cancer find care and support services in their local area, anywhere in the UK. These services are […]
Read more →Breaking the taboos around prostate cancer
Posted on October 29, 2021 in Campaigning/advocacy, Incontinence, Mens' health, Prostate Cancer Support, UncategorizedIt’s that time of year again – when moustaches are in and taboos around men’s health are out. Movember starts this week, gearing up in its mission to break the taboos around mental health, prostate cancer and other diseases affecting millions of men across the globe. Elvin Box, Movember ambassador and prostate cancer survivor, is […]
Read more →Health Inequalities – Prostate Cancer?
Posted on September 24, 2021 in Campaigning/advocacyMost of us have never heard the phrase ‘health inequalities’ until it suddenly exploded in its use over the last year, describing a range of circumstances in which health outcomes and the delivery of healthcare are inequitably distributed across communities, population groups and the nation. Covid exposed the inequality of health outcomes across regions, towns […]
Read more →Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy – Andrew Gabriel story
Posted on July 20, 2021 in Campaigning/advocacy, Patient storiesJoining this episode of OnFocus is patient advocate and educator, Andrew Gabriel. Through his own experience with prostate cancer and his advocacy work, Gabriel has become a well-known leader of patient support groups and a recognised source of knowledge on hormone therapy. His hugely popular talk, ‘Surviving Hormone Therapy,’ has been attended by hundreds of […]
Read more →Navigating Prostate Care Through a Cancer Backlog
Posted on May 24, 2021 in Campaigning/advocacyDespite active campaigns to address the NHS cancer backlog, many men are feeling the impact of delays and restrictions in cancer diagnostics and treatment incurred by the pandemic. A recent report from the Southeast London Cancer Alliance on cancer diagnoses over the last year of lockdowns showed a 51.4% drop in prostate cancer diagnoses in […]
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