Matt Kirkby, Author at Birmingham Prostate Clinic

Key news from the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting 2019

News October 25th, 2019

What are the latest advances in radiotherapy? Consultant Clinical Oncologist Dan Ford assesses key news from the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting 2019. What was the major talking point? The recent meeting of ASTRO in Chicago acknowledged and showcased the recent advances in the field of radiotherapy and other areas of disease […]

Prostate cancer at 55: A patient’s experience of nerve-sparing prostatectomy

Patients' viewpoint October 11th, 2019

Why having high-quality nerve-sparing surgery is so important. A patient describes his experience. “I have a Well Man check every year through my employment. I’ve gone along to assessments routinely for the past five years and at my most recent check, everything seemed fine, as usual. But the next day, I got a phone call […]

The first BPC patients receive innovative SpaceOAR® implants

News September 30th, 2019

Birmingham Prostate Clinic patients have received SpaceOAR® Hydrogel implants, the first innovation in a new partnership created to deliver advanced treatment and care. SpaceOAR® Hydrogel is a water-based soft gel implant which has been clinically proven to reduce the side-effects of radiotherapy. It works by creating space between the prostate gland and the surrounding area […]

Cancer patients in the Midlands to receive better access to innovative care: Birmingham Prostate Clinic joins GenesisCare

News July 31st, 2019

Cancer patients in the Midlands are set to benefit from a new collaboration between specialist prostate treatment group Birmingham Prostate Clinic (BPC), and the UK’s largest cancer care provider, GenesisCare. BPC will become part of GenesisCare, in a move to increase patient access to GenesisCare’s leading prostate cancer therapies, including advanced diagnostics and a ground-breaking, […]

GreenLight laser for BPH is highly effective even if the prostate is severely enlarged. Michael Young describes his experience.

Articles, Patients' viewpoint July 29th, 2019

“When I first saw Mr Doherty, he did a full review of my notes and history. He pointed to a page dated 2013 and said: ‘You should have had surgery at this stage.’ Instead, what happened was six years of increasing pain and infection culminating in being stuck with a catheter for 11 months. Like […]

Greenlight laser surgery improved my memory

Articles, Patients' viewpoint July 17th, 2019

Treatment for the enlarged prostate improved my memory. A 72-year-old at BPC describes his experience of GreenLight laser surgery. “Looking back on the symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), although it was irksome having to go to the toilet so often during the day, it was getting up several times at night that was really […]

A patient explains why he chose Rezūm and the “life-changing” improvement it achieved.

Articles, Patients' viewpoint July 5th, 2019

Rezūm is a major new treatment for the enlarged prostate. A BPC patient explains why he chose Rezūm and the “life-changing” improvement it achieved. I wasn’t someone who needed to get up for the toilet several times at night. What happened to me occurred very quickly in a matter of months: I became unable to […]

Richard King: Greenlight laser treatment for an enlarged prostate has changed my life

Articles, Patients' viewpoint May 17th, 2019

“Richard King: Greenlight laser treatment for an enlarged prostate has changed my life.” “I think the symptoms of having an enlarged prostate must be quite like losing your eyesight: it is something that gradually creeps up on you, affecting your life in so many ways. I had to give up work, even though I ran […]

Mike Clifford came to BPC because of our distinctive diagnostic pathway. This may have saved his life, finding hidden kidney cancer.

Articles, Patients' viewpoint May 16th, 2019

Mike Clifford came to BPC because of our distinctive diagnostic pathway. This may have saved his life, finding hidden kidney cancer. “I started having regular PSA monitoring about ten years ago after a slightly raised result. My PSA readings went up gradually and by the time they reached 9.2, I asked my GP for advice. […]

Theranostics and Prostate Cancer

Consultants' blog, News May 9th, 2019

Theranostics and prostate cancer, by Alan Doherty, consultant urologist and Dan Ford, consultant clinical oncologist, the Birmingham Prostate Clinic. Theranostics You may have heard of a new term in the prostate cancer field: theranostics. The word ‘theranostics’ has been created by combining the terms ‘therapeutic’ and ‘diagnostics’ because the concept behind it is precisely that; […]

Author: Matt Kirkby

Key news from the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting 2019

Prostate cancer at 55: A patient’s experience of nerve-sparing prostatectomy

The first BPC patients receive innovative SpaceOAR® implants

Cancer patients in the Midlands to receive better access to innovative care: Birmingham Prostate Clinic joins GenesisCare

GreenLight laser for BPH is highly effective even if the prostate is severely enlarged. Michael Young describes his experience.

Greenlight laser surgery improved my memory

A patient explains why he chose Rezūm and the “life-changing” improvement it achieved.

Richard King: Greenlight laser treatment for an enlarged prostate has changed my life

Mike Clifford came to BPC because of our distinctive diagnostic pathway. This may have saved his life, finding hidden kidney cancer.

Theranostics and Prostate Cancer

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