PCFA has partnered with Icon Cancer Centre for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and The Long Run to help raise more awareness about prostate cancer. PCFA Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse, Yvonne Singaraju, is based at Icon Centre in Midland and has shared her story this month with the team.

Written by Shannon Shepard, Icon Cancer Centre

For one week only (September 8-14) PCFA members can get 40% off all TENA Men and unisex continence products.

By Tim Baker | It’s been just over a year since my prostate cancer memoir Patting The Shark came out.

By Tim Baker | Fresh back from the tropical environs of Cairns in sunny North Queensland, for the Australian Prostate Cancer Conference 2023.

By Tim Baker | Every year, on July 7, I have a tradition of marking the day I was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in 2015.

By Tim Baker | We all got the memo that sleep is foundational for good health, right?

By Tim Baker | Getting to grips with erectile dysfunction

By Tim Baker | Entitled “Common Sense Oncology”, the article published in esteemed medical journal The Lancet appeared to say the quiet part out loud, what patient advocates and others have been pushing for years.

By Tim Baker | They say a healthy society is one in which people plant trees they will never enjoy the shade of or pick fruit from, that they are investing in the collective good of future generations.

By Tim Baker | Attending my first cancer conference felt like a big deal. The 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting of ANZUP (Australia and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer) Trials Group brings together medical specialists, nurses, patient advocates, researchers and other stakeholders...

By Tim Baker | I have become a bit of a stalker on Twitter lately. It’s a shocking confession I know, worthy of public cancellation, but hear me out.

By Tim Baker | On July 1, the psychedelic drugs psylocibin and MDMA will become legal in Australia for therapeutic use for treatment resistant depression and PTSD respectively.

I have a plan.

And as I am pursuing this plan in the hope of benefiting men living with prostate cancer, I thought I’d better present my plan before I fully execute it, to get your approval.

This week during World Continence Week (June 19 – 23), we have teamed up with Continence Foundation of Australia to share Johns Story about his journey with prostate cancer, and his valuable contribution to the PCFA Prostate Pride Cancer Support Group.

By Tim Baker | Research shows that the amount of time we spend with friends declines steadily from the age of 40, as the time we spend alone climbs.

By Tim Baker | If you had told me before my diagnosis that millions of men around the world were effectively chemically castrated as a routine medical treatment for one of the most common types of cancer, my response would have been a gormless, You’re shitting me?!

I’ve been on a bit of a binge lately. But, fear not, it hasn’t involved booze, recreational stimulants or late nights doing the cockroach in sweaty nightclubs. Rather, my vice has been reading an indecent number of cancer memoirs as part of my creative writing PhD studies.

By Tim Baker | Among the many potential side effects of hormone therapy, (or Androgen Deprivation Therapy), one that gets perhaps too little attention is the risk of cognitive decline. 

By Tim Baker | Greetings from beautiful WA, where I’m fresh from a delightful weekend at the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival.

By Tim Baker | When I was first diagnosed back in 2015, one of the most helpful books I read was “When Things Fall Apart” by Pedma Chodron, a Zen Buddhist monk, full of deep wisdom on dealing with adversity.

By Tim Baker | Last week, I had the great privilege of being involved in a patient forum for men living with prostate cancer at the Australian Prostate Centre in Melbourne.

By Tim Baker | So, here’s a curly question I haven’t seen addressed in any of the prostate cancer literature I’ve come across so far.

By Tim Baker | It’s nearly eight years since I was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and nearly a year since my cancer memoir, Patting The Shark, was published.

By Tim Baker | I can think of plenty of reasons not to do a road trip from the Gold Coast to Melbourne and back, about 40 hours and 4000 km round trip, with a stage four prostate cancer diagnosis...

By Tim Baker | Fresh back from the Newcastle Writers Festival and brimming with new inspiration from the writerly marketplace of ideas, as always when I attend these events.

By Tim Baker | I was enjoying a bit of friendly banter with one of my prostate cancer comrades in the UK on Twitter recently (as you do) when the topic of diet came up.

By Tim Baker | In the tool kit for managing the distress and trauma of a cancer diagnosis, have you ever considered the role of writing therapy?

By Tim Baker | You hear and read a lot in oncology about the dangers of offering false hope to cancer patients. From spurious folk remedies and snake oil to the uncertain benefits of nutrition and emotional healing...

By Tim Baker | Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many areas of healthcare, including cancer care. But can it replace medical professionals? Tim Baker shares his thoughts. 

PCFA is about to start a review of Australia's guidelines for prostate cancer testing, harnessing our chance to change the way we manage the disease. 

Last week we brought together some of the country's leading clinicians to talk about new and emerging treatment options that have vastly improved the way we diagnose and treat prostate cancer. 

The vodcast touches on robotic and open prostatectomies, advances in radiotherapy, and the frontlines of research into side-effect management and treatment of erectile dysfunction and incontinence.

If you have any questions, or need support, call 1800 22 00 99 to speak with a PCFA Telenurse.