The connection between a man’s genes and his risk of developing prostate cancer is well established, but not well understood. You, Your Genes & Your Genomics.

Couldn’t join us for PCFA’s first 2022 webinar? You can watch it back here!

This was the first in an ongoing series of Consumer Advocacy Discussion Forums for men and families facing prostate cancer.

Your Guide to Prostate Cancer: The disease, treatment options and outcomes (4th edition), provides an in-depth, yet simple to follow guide on prostate cancer, highlighting treatment options through the various stages, and providing relevant information to help improve quality of life.

To purchase a copy of the book call PCFA on 1800 22 00 99 or email enquiries@pcfa.org.au 

( To receive your free prostate cancer information kit and talk through your options, connect with a PCFA Prostate cancer Specialist Telenurse today on 1800 22 00 99 ) www.pcfa.org.au 

Prostate Cancer & Active Surveillance: Quality of life following a diagnosis.

What is Active Surveillance, and is it a good treatment option for you?

Active Surveillance is increasingly being recommended as a management option for low-risk prostate cancer, in order to avoid unnecessary and invasive treatments when it is clinically safe to do so. Estimates suggest about 60% of low-risk prostate cancers in Australia are managed with Active Surveillance.

Professor Declan Murphy from the Peter McCallum Centre in Melbourne and Ian Henderson a PCFA Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse from the Royal Hobart Hospital discusses Active Surveillance as a management option for men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer.

For further information and support see links below to support and resources:

Understanding Active Surveillance: https://www.pcfa.org.au/awareness/general-information/understanding-active-surveillance/ 

Resource Booklet - Understanding Active Surveillance: https://www.pcfa.org.au/media/790753/pcf13460_01_understanding_active_surveillance_20_pg_booklet_a5_... 

PCFA Prostate Cancer Specialist Telenurse Service: 1800 22 00 99 https://www.pcfa.org.au/prostate-cancer-specialist-telenursing-service/

Phone: 1800 22 00 99

Web: www.pcfa.org.au

Last month the PCFA launched the STARGATE project. STARGATE aims to improve prostate cancer awareness by providing information on the burden of disease at a regional level, nationwide.

You can search by postcode or area name for factsheets of specific Australian regions and share these with your friends, family, and workmates to help improve community understanding and save lives.

The data includes diagnoses, deaths, and prostate cancer stage at diagnosis, unlocking information that has not previously been shared in this way with the community.

www.STARGATE.org.au 

PCFA Webinar: Personalised prostate cancer treatment of the future; Bringing together imaging, diagnostics, and therapy to stop cancer's spread. 

Our CEO Professor Jeff Dunn in conversation with Professors Michael Hofman and Declan Murphy, lead authors on the ProPSMA study, funded by PCFA, which recently found molecular imaging is more accurate than conventional medical imaging in detecting the spread of prostate cancer