the aims of the red sock
1/ To provide funding for Clinical Research Fellows to work under the direction of Professor Mason, (Professor of Clinical Oncology at Cancer Research Wales) and his team at Cardiff University.
“RESEARCH is the only route to defeat PROSTATE CANCER”
Ways forward are the identification of markers which will identify those tumours likely to progress and require active treatment (avoiding those that are not life threatening), and an understanding why some hormones are resistant to treatment.
2/ To “Raise the Awareness” of PROSTATE CANCER in Wales.
“EVERY man should have access to the treatment that is best for HIS cancer and HIS lifestyle.”
Leaflets and booklets about PROSTATE CANCER need to be more readily available across Wales
www.theredsock.co.uk provides a link to those seeking where to get advice and guidance on PROSTATE CANCER as well as information on events and how to become involved.
The number of men needing care for PROSTATE CANCER is certain to rise in the next few years as a result of an ageing population.
3/ To improve and provide better facilities, information and meeting places for men and their families to discuss any queries they may have regarding their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and lifestyle.
about prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer is the most common male cancer in the UK and kills 10,000 men every year.
About the same number of men will die of prostate cancer as women die of breast cancer yet it receives a fraction of the funding for research
PROSTATE CANCER THE FACTS
1/IT IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN UK MEN
2/OVER 35000 MEN EACH YEAR ARE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN THE UK
3/OVER 10000 MEN DIE EACH YEAR OF PROSTATE CANCER IN THE UK
4/PROSTATE CANCER RARELY KILLS MEN IF IT STRIKES LATE IN LIFE (Men in their 70s)
5/MANY MEN SHOW NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL BUT THOSE THAT DO TEND TO HAVE DIFFICULTY PASSING URINE, FRQUENT VISITS TO PASS WATER, STARTING AND STOPPING WHILE URINATING, A FEELING OF NOT HAVING EMPTIED THE BLADDER ARE A FEW OF THOSE THAT INDICATE PROSTATE PROBLEMS.
5a/THE INITIAL DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER ARE DONE WITH A BLOOD SAMPLE TEST CALLED THE PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) TEST. USUALLY CARRIED OUT BY HIS GP THIS WILL TELL THE GP ABOUT THE LEVEL OF THE PROTEIN PSA IN HIS BLOODSTREAM.
5b/ HIGH LEVELS OF PSA CAN INDICATE PROSTATE CANCER BUT THE TEST CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FOR OTHER REASONS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER.
5c/THE GP MAY CARRY OUT A DRE (digital rectal examination) TO DETERMINE THE SIZE AND EXTERNAL TEXTURE OF THE PROSTATE GLAND.
5d/ IF THE MANS PSA IS RAISED AND THE PROSTATE GLAND FEELS ENLARGED FURTHER TESTS MAY BE NEEDED
6/THE PSA TEST CAN DETECT CANCER 6 TO 13 YEARS BEFORE MEN EXPERIENCE THE SYMPTOMS.
7/AGE, RACE, AND A POSITIVE FAMILY HISTORY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER.
8/THE NUMBER OF MEN REQUIRING CARE FOR PROSTATE CANCER IS CERTAIN TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH INCREASED TESTING, AN AGEING POPULATION AND A TRUE INCREASE IN INCIDENCE.
9/PROSATE CANCER IF CAUGHT IN THE EARLY STAGES CAN IN MOST CASES BE CURED.