Hormone therapy

73-Year-Old CEO Denied Surgery: When Doctors Say “Too Old”

Posted on November 9, 2024 in Hormone therapy, Podcast, Treatment options

Reading Time: 9 minutes Medically Approved by Mr Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist (June 2025) Legal Context: NHS Equality Act 2012 prohibits unjustified age discrimination  Podcast with Mr Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust & The Focal   TL;DR Systematic age discrimination is widespread with many men over 70 routinely denied curative […]

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Just Put Him on Hormones”: Short-Cuts in Prostate Cancer Care

Posted on June 30, 2020 in Hormone therapy, Podcast, Treatment options

Reading Time: 7 minutes Study Reference: Imperial/HEAT Registry PSM Study (2023) – 8-year cancer control equivalence Legal Context: NHS Equality Act (2012) protections against age discrimination Updated: June 2025   TL;DR: Androgen-deprivation therapy is essential for advanced prostate cancer but is being inappropriately used as a “stop-gap” for early-stage patients who should receive curative treatment. […]

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