Cancer Information and support.
This can be found under welfare tab on DALETRUST.CO.UK
Its one of a set of information packs which will be added over the next few weeks
Under this heading you will find information on 1) MacMillan Cancer Support 2) Breast Cancer Aware 3) NHS Cancer Information Centre NHS Christie Hospital 4) Prostate Cancer. Mens Health. More will be added over the next few days.
1) MacMillan Cancer Support
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer, we can help. Find out what to expect, get information, practical advice and support, hear from experts and read about other people’s experiences.
Find out about support groups, where to get information and how to get involved with Macmillan where you live.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ALONE
Need to talk? Call us free* 0808 808 00 00 Monday – Friday 9am – 8pm
The MacMilan website packed with information can be found here
2) Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer now
We want every person affected by breast cancer to get the best treatment, information and support.
We combine the personal experiences of people affected by breast cancer with clinical expertise and research, using this in a unique way to:
- provide information on living with and beyond breast cancer
- offer emotional and practical support through our services and Helpline
- bring people affected by breast cancer together through our services and Forum
- campaign for improvement in standards of support and care
- promote the importance of early detection.
How we work
We focus our work on the unique experience of each individual affected by breast cancer.
We involve people with breast cancer in all that we do.
We use our understanding of the emotional and practical issues facing people affected by breast cancer alongside our clinical expertise.
From research to care, we have people affected by breast cancer at our heart – providing support for today and hope for the future.
Talk to our breast care nurses on 0808 800 6000 or visit our web site click here
Talk to our breast care nurses
0808 800 6000
or visit our web site click here
3)
Click HERE for our website
Cancer Information Centre. Manchestr Christies Hospital
The team
The centre is staffed by a qualified nurse and information and support co-ordinators supported by volunteers.
Where we are
We are based in department 3 along the glass corridor
What patients say
I was surprised and delighted to find the centre offers so much more than just leaflets. Patients should be made aware of it at their first visit so that there is a direct link between treatments and help & advice.
An introduction to living with and beyond cancer click HERE
Patients often comment that the moment they were told they need not come back to the Christie for follow-up brings a mixture of emotions including joy and anxiety. They describe feelings of being “let loose” and “set free”, but sometimes also “abandoned” and “lost”. We would like to support you through what can be a difficult time of transition for you and your families.
We know from what patients have told us that the period after treatment can be challenging and difficult in different ways and demand different types of strength and support. You may be able to take much greater control, and there may be less obvious sources of help. On this website you will find a range of resources that you may find useful at different times after you finish treatment. For More Info click HERE
Our Address
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Wilmslow Road
Manchester
M20 4BX
United Kingdom
Main Numbers
Switchboard: 0161 446 3000
Fax: 0161 446 3977
a) Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer generally affects men over 50 and is rare in younger men. It’s the most common type of cancer in men. Around 37,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year.
It differs from most other cancers in the body, in that small areas of cancer within the prostate are very common and may stay dormant (inactive) for many years.
It’s thought that about half (50%) of all men over 50 may have cancer cells in their prostate, and 8 out of 10 (80%) men over 80 have a small area of prostate cancer. Most of these cancers grow very slowly and so, particularly in elderly men, are unlikely to cause any problems.
In a small proportion of men, prostate cancer can grow more quickly and in some cases may spread to other parts of the body, particularly the bones.
Symptoms of prostate cancer
Cancer of the prostate is often slow-growing and symptoms may not occur for many years.
Men with early prostate cancer are unlikely to have any symptoms, as these only occur when the cancer is large enough to put pressure on the urethra (the tube that drains urine from the bladder). In men over the age of 50, the prostate gland often gets larger due to a non-cancerous condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy (BPH).
The symptoms of both benign enlargement of the prostate gland and malignant tumours (cancer) are similar and can include any of the following:
- difficulty passing urine
- passing urine more frequently than usual, especially at night
- pain when passing urine
- blood in the urine (this is not common).
If you have any of these symptoms it’s important to get them checked by your doctor. But remember, most enlargements of the prostate are not cancer.
Symptoms of advanced prostate cancer
The symptoms of advanced prostate cancer may include those that are due to an enlarged prostate gland (as above), or those that are due to secondary cancers elsewhere in the body.
The symptoms due to secondary cancers will depend on where in the body the secondary cancers are. However, there are a few general symptoms which some men have, including being more tired than usual, feeling generally unwell and having less of an appetite.
Prostate Cancer UK
Prostate information
On these pages you can read reliable and up-to-date information about prostate cancer and prostate problems. You can also download or order any of our publications for more detail. If you have questions or want to talk, our Specialist Nurses are here for you
The link to Prostate Cancer UK is HERE
If you need advice now
call our specialised nurses
0800 074 8383
About prostate cancer
Information about prostate cancer, signs and symptoms, risk and incidence. Click Here
Tests
Find out about tests and test results for prostate cancer and prostate problems. Click HERE
Who is at risk
One in eight men in the UK will get prostate cancer. Age, ethnicity and family history are also factors.
Click Here
Just Diagnosed?
Read about the different types of prostate cancer and what your diagnosis means. Click Here
Treatments
Read about treatments for prostate cancer, with more information about how to choose. Click Here
Our Free Publications
- Prostate Cancer UK, Fourth Floor, The Counting House, 53 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QN
- Contact online, or email us at supportercare@prostatecanceruk.org
- tel: 0800 082 1616
or call our specialised nurses
0800 074 8383
NHS ‘one stop shop’ for prostate cancer means faster and more accurate diagnosis
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The NHS is using cutting edge technology to help slash diagnosis times for prostate cancer from six weeks to one day in a world-leading new approach that virtually eliminates the risk of deadly sepsis.
The new scanning and diagnosis method means a ‘one-stop-shop’ for suspected prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the UK, with over 40,000 new cases diagnosed every year.
The NHS is determined to cut the mortality rate for prostate cancer in the same way that has seen breast cancer rates decline by 10%.
The usual process is an MRI scan followed by a biopsy where around a dozen samples may have to be taken with a needle through the rectum, in order to locate suspect growths on the prostate.
Under the new ‘rapid pathway’ approach, which is being developed in three hospitals across West London, men have a scan, get their results and can have any necessary biopsy, using new FUSION technology, in one day, rather than multiple outpatient visits over four to six weeks.
The approach involves specialist clinical expertise as well as equipment and NHS England is currently looking into how it could be rolled out to other major cancer centres across England.
The new technique uses highly detailed ‘multi-parametric’ MRI – mpMRI – scans, currently being rolled out across the NHS, which provide much higher quality imagery. Between a third and 40% of patients who have an mpMRI scan will find out on the same day that they do not have prostate cancer and can safely avoid having a biopsy. The machines are also able to pick up growths that are much harder to detect.
If a biopsy is needed, the new FUSION machines will overlay ultrasound images with 3D MRI scans to create a highly detailed map of the prostate that can be used to accurately target suspect areas for taking tissue samples. The new system means an area as small as a grain of rice can be hit first time.
This precision allows clinicians to insert the needle through the perineum, rather than the rectum, reducing the risk of infection from between 2% to 6% to around one case in 500.
Read more on how to get the help you need HERE