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Sign up for more news and viewsEarly research shows immunotherapy's potential for one type of aggressive prostate cancer
The Institute of Cancer Research has discovered a genetic mutation in samples of some men's tumours that could make them particularly susceptible to immunotherapy treatment. The researchers are now committed to running clinical trials to prove if their theory is right.
We call on UK to step up as new figures show prostate cancer now a bigger killer than breast cancer
For the first time, more men are dying from prostate cancer each year than women are from breast cancer, making the male disease the third biggest cancer killer in the UK. We find out why and urge the public to help us raise the £120 million we need to curb the trend.
"Dad would be over the moon about the new research – you need hope going up against prostate cancer"
Hayley Yarnley knows how much our new precision medicine research programme could have helped her father, Bernie, who died from advanced prostate cancer last December. She describes how the births of her children kept him going during his treatment, and why he was convinced scientists would one day find a cure.
Ovarian cancer drug could help more men with prostate cancer than first thought
A new study suggests olaparib could boost the efficacy of treatment for earlier-stage prostate cancer, after discovering how it can block the repair of DNA in cancer cells no matter what kind of the disease they have.
New blood test could help ‘personalise’ treatment for advanced prostate cancer and save NHS cash
New research funded by Prostate Cancer UK has discovered a blood test that can predict which men's cancer won't respond to certain hormone therapy, so they can pick the treatment that works for them while saving the NHS potentially huge sums on otherwise wasted drugs.
What a difference a year in research makes
BLOG: We're only 12 months into our ten-year strategy to tame prostate cancer, but that doesn't mean we haven't already made exciting progress. Our resident expert, Dr Ian Le Guillou, gives us his top ten biggest research breakthroughs (in no particular order) from 2016.
Two new research grants hope to make liquid biopsies a clinical reality
Two research projects, using cutting-edge liquid biopsy technology to help improve diagnosis and treatment of men with prostate cancer, have been awarded funds by Prostate Cancer UK with the hope they'll used with real patients in the near future.
How liquid biopsies are helping us read the ‘crime scene’ of prostate cancer
BLOG: With our new grants for research into the uses of liquid biopsies, Dr Sophie Lutter explains why they allow scientists to read clues about how a prostate cancer responds to treatment, and how they could revolutionise the way men are diagnosed and monitored with the disease.
Ovarian cancer drug could benefit a third of men with advanced prostate cancer
New results from a clinical trial of olaparib suggest men with a common genetic fault could prolong their life after diagnosis by taking the pill twice a day.
Researchers find ‘Rosetta Stone’ of prostate cancer and take us a step closer to personalised treatments
Prostate cancers can run, but they can no longer hide. For the first time, researchers have found a way to target individual prostate cancer sites in other parts of the body. We take a look at the science behind this headline-grabbing story and ask if it lives up to the media fanfare.