LIBRARY and ARCHIVE
This page provides access to recent issues of Pharos, the group's newsletter and other resources in our library.
Professor Mike Kirby gave an excellent presentation on the 4th November 2022 entitled "Lifestyle and prostate cancer". By popular request, please click Here to see his slides.
Click Here to link to a Page with selected Video Links related to Prostate Cancer and all published on YouTube to date.
As part of a growing archive copies of PHAROS our own monthly Newsletter will be added to this page for easily access and printing at home if you so wish. Below you will find a set of recent back copies. Do contact the Newsletter Editor direct with feedback and/or ideas for topics to explore and report on.
RPCSG Group Meetings usually feature a talk by a guest speaker, and in most cases a summary of the talk is given in a newsletter. Occasionally newsletters also contain articles of information or stories related to prostate cancer.
The table below lists the topics that have been covered in newsletters, either by reports of guest speaker talks or articles published in the press. If you would like to read about a topic, find your topic in the 'Topic' column and then locate the associated newsletter/s. In some cases there is an entry in the 'Focus' column in those cases where there is a focus within the Topic, to help you to home in on an area.
Note that whilst prostatectomy and radiotherapy are treatments, they are listed below as Topics. Brachytherapy is a Focus under the Topic of Radiotherapy.
Topic
Focus
Newsletter
Cancer Biomarkers Utilising mass spectrometry 
#016 July 2012Cancer drugs fund #029 Oct 2013Care for the elderly #023 April 2013Carer Support Venues #049 June 2015Clinical trials #016 July 2012Oncology and haematology trials #019 Oct 2012By Cancer Research UK #052 Sept 2015By PCUK #064 Oct 2016 #070 June 2017Diagnosis False diagnosis #036 May 2014Diagnosis by urine sample #037 June 2014Erectile dysfunction Vacuum pumps #020 Nov 2012 #022 Feb 2013 #049 June 2015 #066 Feb 2017Genetics #023 April 2013Increased risk to daughters #047 April 2015Government funding #040 Sept 2014GP's role #058 April 2016Histopathology Pathological diagnosis #024 May 2013Pathological diagnosis #041 Oct 2014Pathological diagnosis #060 June 2016Pathological diagnosis #083 Oct 2018Incontinence #011 Winter 2011 #033 Feb 2014 #059 May 2016Continence Advisory Service #078 May 2018Medical Detection Dogs #056 Jan/Feb 2016 #075 Nov 2017Oncology The work of a doctor #028 Sept 2013 #029 Oct 2013 #042 Nov 2014 #045 Feb 2015Research #065 Nov 2016Overseas work #076 Feb 2018Patient Voice Group #035 April 2014Pain management #010 Autumn 2011Parking at RBH #076 Feb 2018PCUK #015 May/June 2012On-line Community #066 Jan 2017Physiotherapy #030 Nov 2013 #040 Sept 2014Pelvic Floor exercise #068 April 2017Prostate Cancer UK #026 July 2013Prostate cancer Bad luck #044 Jan 2015Facts, causes, prevention, treatments, survivorship, and more #091 June 2019Prostatectomy Open vs. robotic surgery #015 May/June 2012Open vs Robotic #062 Aug 2016Open vs Robotic #064 Oct 2016 #067 March 2017Support, including Prostate School #070 June 2017PSA testing #012 February 2012Screening #015 May/June 2012Temporary increase #025 June 2013New test #052 Sept 2015GP refusal #053 Oct 2015Access for younger men #059 May 2016Restrictions #065 Nov 2016New blood test #069 May 2017PSA Density #087 Feb 2019Psychological help #061 July 2016Questions & Answers #057 March 2016 #069 May 2017 #082 Sep 2018 #088 March 2019Slide show March 2019 Presentation March 2019Radiology Scans and interpretation #074 Oct 2017Scans and interpretation #084 Nov 2018Radiotherapy Past, present and future #018 Sept 2012SABR (Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy) #041 Oct 2014Cyberknife #031 Dec 2013Cyberknife #060 June 2016Proton beam therapy #035 April 2014Brachytherapy #050 July 2015High dose #061 July 2016MR Linac #083 Oct 2018Reducing the risk By diet #003 January 2010By diet #004 April 2010Sex staves off cancer #030 Nov 2013Does sugar feed cancer? #070 June 2017Avoid carcinogenic products #071 July 2017Coffee #072 Aug 2017Scanning systems #025 June 2013 #048 May 2015Scans MRI benefits #068 April 2017Side effects Personal stories #046 March 2015State Benefits #017 August 2012 #053 Oct 2015Statins #063 Sept 2016Support Macmillan Info Centre #047 April 2015For patients and carers #064 Oct 2016Macmillan services #071 July 2017Tackle Prostate Cancer #077 April 2018Travel insurance #024 May 2013Members' experiences #028 Sept 2013 #045 Feb 2015 #050 July 2015Treatments Immunotherapy #010 Autumn 2011 #036 May 2014Worrying variation in services #043 Dec 2014Cold plasma therapy #048 May 2015Complementary therapies #051 Aug 2015Chemotherapy #055 Dec 2015Vascular Targeted Photodynamic Therapy #066 Dec 2016 #072 Aug 2017Drug treatment #080 July 2018Changes - past and future #087 Feb 2019The Rutherford Centre #089 April 2019Urology #028 Sept 2013Vasectomy link #038 July 2014 #039 Aug 2014Vitamin supplements #042 Nov 2014Well-Being and exercise #037 June 2014Exercise sessions #039 Aug 2014 #054 Nov 2015 #063 Sept 2016 #073 Sept 2017'Move More' #079 June 2018
For a list of previous speakers and their topics please click here
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL - PROSTATE CANCER UK FIGURES
