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Let's take immediate steps to make a difference to the lives of gay and bisexual men affected by prostate cancer - that's the recommendation of a report published today by Prostate Cancer UK and Stonewall.

Prostate Cancer UK has awarded over £2.7 million of new pilot awards and research grants, the first under the new 2012-2020 research strategy.

Prostate Cancer UK is urging people to saddle up for its second Jurassic Classic cycling event. Following on from the success of the rides last year, which raised over £110,000, the event will return to Exmouth in the South West on Sunday, August 11th.

Marks & Spencer employee, ex-Royal Marine and local resident, Graham Witham, is celebrating today after completing his Atlantic row challenge, raising a phenomenal £120,000 for The Prostate Cancer Charity.

Jeremy Laurance raises an important issue about the balance of providing the best quality of care for all patients with value for money for the NHS [Why spare the drug companies? Friday 3 February].  However, we strongly dispute the claim that health charities like ours are helping to bankrupt the NHS by calling for patients to be given access to the treatments they need.

The Prostate Cancer Charity comments on draft guidance issued today by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which proposes that they will not recommend abiraterone - a life extending treatment for men in the final stages of prostate cancer - to be made available on the NHS in England and Wales.