Whats happening
Welcome to our whats been happening page! Here you will find information about previous meetings, what we have been up to and any new information on prostate cancer!
Monday 8th September 2025
Mr Mak
Mr Mak (Urology Consultant) was kind enough to come and chat to our support group about research trials and prostate cancer.
Currently the ELIPSE (Evaluation of Lymphadenectomy In high risk Prostate cancer SurgEry) trial is studying two different types of surgery for men with high risk localised prostate cancer. The two types of surgery being compared are:
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Surgery where the prostate and lymph glands are removed vs surgery where the prostate alone in removed.
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This study will hopefully in the future determine whether it is better to remove the lymph nodes during prostate cancer surgery
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Thankyou Mr Mak for joining us!
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Monday 21st July 2025
Dr. Steve Allen and Ian Chambers
On Monday 21st July it was our AGM at first where we discussed the groups current finances. Moving on from that we were extremely lucky to have Dr Steve Allen (Retired consultant anaesthetist) come to talk to us about sexual function after surgery and why it is so important. It was a fantastic presentation which really explored the finer details of sexual function following prostate surgery. This raised a lot of questions and it was great to see everyone taking an interest.
We also had Ian Chambers (Vacuum Pump Representative) who gave a talk on why vacuum pump therapy is vital following prostatectomy for penile rehabilitation and how vacuum pumps help gain and maintain an erection.
Health and Wellbeing Event
We had yet another amazing turn out to our annual Health and Wellbeing Event! We had members of our prostate cancer group, bladder cancer group and BROs all came along to speak to our professionals, ask for support and have their questions answered. A raffle also took place and we raised over £70 for our support group!
Steve Swain kindly volunteered to take some excellent pictures of the day and they will be uploaded to the website very soon.
Thank you to all the professionals and for everyone attending, we cant wait to do it again next year!
Raising money for PCUK
Dave Peters is riding his bike and raising money for Prostate Cancer UK! Read his story and if you would like to donate, he will be at our PCSG meetings!
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"My name is Dave Peters a pensioner of 75 years. I am a keen cyclist and my challenge for this year is 3 rides in 3 days. Ride One is from Wolverhampton to Barmouth in Wales 130 miles on Friday June 20th. Day Two is Saturday - 60 miles down the Walsh coast line. Day 3 is Sunday and I cycle all the way back to Wolverhampton. With your help I would like to raise £500 for Prostate Cancer UK. I finished my prostate cancer treatment in April 2022. Now I hope that the money raised by you and me will help to bring a screening program for men and maybe help stop needless deaths from Prostate cancer.
Thanks for your support. Dave."
Monday 28th April 2025
Dr Uttara Karnik
We were lucky to have Dr Uttara Karnik join us the 28th April. Dr Karnik is one of the consultant histopathologists at New Cross Hospital and is a valuable member of the Multidisciplinary Team. Her talk today explained about pathology and the important role it has in diagnosing prostate cancer, and also talked about Gleason scores, grade groups and even what prostate cancer cells look like under a microscope!
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Another amazing turn out, even when the sun was shining!
Monday 3rd March 2025 Renita Horton - Radiotherapy
In our meeting 3rd March 2025, we had a very informative talk and Q&A session with Consultant Radiographer Renita Horton. She discussed all things radiotherapy, what to expect before, during and after your prostate cancer treatment and the side effects that may come along with it. It was very well received by everyone who came!
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We also had a very successful raffle and raised over £70 for the group!