Conversations About Prostate Cancer
MRI – the most important diagnostic tool for prostate cancer
Joining On Focus today is Dr Francesco Giganti, Associate Professor and honorary Consultant in Radiology at University College London. Francesco is an acknowledged leader in researching imaging of the prostate, and in identifying new approaches to improve its accuracy in diagnosis and its effectiveness in treatment. He has co-authored over 200 publications reporting on investigations…
Read MoreMen’s Health Week: a conversation with prostate cancer campaigner Elvin Box
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. He’s…
Read MoreActive Surveillance, the Protect trial and the importance of targeted diagnostics
Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist with The Focal Therapy Clinic and a leading innovator in imaging led diagnostics and targeted treatments for prostate cancer, joins On Focus in this episode. Marc has been a vocal advocate for the rights of patients to be informed about their treatment choices from his base at Frimley Health, where he…
Read MoreHow Prostate Cancer Research is impacting patients and clinicians
Joining OnFocus today is Oliver Kemp, CEO of Prostate Cancer Research in the UK and Director of PCR inc in the USA, whose missions 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 MoreChanging the narrative around screening
Joining OnFocus today is Alan Doherty, Clinical Director at the Birmingham Prostate Clinic, and recently voted one of the UK’s top ten prostate cancer specialists in a national poll of consultant urologists published in the Daily Mail. Alan has been an innovator, advocate and dedicated practitioner of precision treatments for prostate cancer, and joined the…
Read MoreNanoKnife is giving more choice to patients
Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist at with The Focal Therapy Clinic and a leading innovator in imaging led diagnostics and targeted treatments for prostate cancer is today’s OnFocus guest. Marc has been a vocal advocate for the rights of patients to be informed about their treatment choices from his base at Frimley Health, where he is…
Read More“My Experience with NanoKnife”
Brian Bishop joins OnFocus to discuss his experience with NanoKnife treatment for prostate cancer. Brian is 77 and lives in Virginia Water since retiring from a career in the airline industry, and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2022. A few months later he was treated by TFTC Consultant Urologist Marc Laniado with a…
Read MoreSeeking alternative treatment to maintain quality of life
Graham Pipe, a recent patient at the Focal Therapy Clinic who underwent HIFU treatment with Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge following a diagnosis of localised prostate cancer, joins OnFocus to discuss the process he went through to seek an alternative treatment which would maintain his active lifestyle. Age 70 and recently retired from a career as…
Read MoreThe Future is bright for Innovations in Prostate Cancer Treatments
This episode’s interviewee is Arvin George, Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in the USA. A Urologic Surgeon specializing in the diagnosis and management of genitourinary cancers, Professor George’s research interests include minimally invasive and image-guided treatments, functional prostate imaging and focal therapy for prostate cancer, and he has…
Read MoreProstate Cancer UK Clinical Champion Pilots Intervention Programme
Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge, who works with TFTC and is based at University Hospital Southampton, joins OnFocus today. Tim is an innovator in focal therapy and has coinvestigated most of the clinical trials and studies that have built the evidence base for focal therapy and advanced its adoption and practice. He has recently completed his…
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