ProstateUK Profs

Here we share news and views from @ProstateUK for our growing professional community who have an interest in prostate disease 🧑‍🔬
#ProstateCancerUK

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Thank you to all the researchers and health professionals who continue to drive progress in early prostate cancer diagnosis🩵

Your work is helping shape the evidence and care that will save more men’s lives.

Read more about the NSC announcement ➡️https://t.co/t84KwP3wbK

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💻 Prostate Cancer UK Online Learning

Free courses, webinars & resources to build your knowledge and earn self-accredited CPD.

Flexible, practical learning for busy health professionals.

➡️ https://t.co/gTNnREmx4p

#ProstateCancer #CPD

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📢 Introducing Dr Shaun Scaramuzza, the first of our 2025 Career Acceleration Fellows!

🔬 Shaun’s research aims to improve early detection and treatment options for men at highest risk.

Our 2026 round is still open for applications! You can apply here: https://t.co/asz7iLAw7W

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A team led by @susan_heavey at @UCL focuses on making drug development more effective.

Since 2018, we’ve supported her team to use patient‑derived explants & spatial transcriptomics to identify the most promising #ProstateCancer treatments.

📙 Read more: https://t.co/LE0CEgUAeB

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Stay informed. Support your practice. Improve patient care.

📣 Our clinical update is free, quick to read and built for busy health professionals.

📰 Bringing you the latest in prostate cancer news, resources, CPD and more every month.

Sign up here ➡️ https://t.co/qqzVVg0RKz

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Could PSA levels measured during & after treatment, together with radiological features, help guide personalised treatment decisions for men with #ProstateCancer?

A team led by @AttardLab @uclcancer share findings in @TheLancetOncol.

Grab a ☕️ & read: https://t.co/2iImlvjvHx

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Last chance to apply! Don’t miss this opportunity to secure up to £40k to improve sexual health and wellbeing support for men with advanced prostate cancer. Apply now and make a lasting impact 👉 https://t.co/RDtw48fsRR

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Don't miss out! Our joint funding call with Movember supports better pre-treatment counselling, stronger care pathways, and targeted support for those most in need. Help create lasting change in prostate cancer care. Click here to find out more👉 https://t.co/RDtw48fsRR

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Strengthening the UK prostate cancer clinical research pipeline.🔬

Our April in‑person CRSG meeting sparked rich discussion on major research proposals & UK‑wide collaboration.

Huge thanks to our proposal presenters, CRSG and Early Career members. 👏

📙https://t.co/cvyT0eji9m

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📚 Update your knowledge and practice

New, free online course on Early Detection in Prostate Cancer in collaboration with @BMJLearning.

Topics include:

🔹Risk
🔹PSA blood testing
🔹Patient referral & more

⭐ Earn 1 CPD point

Start learning ➡️ https://t.co/p6LzTSpEkw

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🎥Watch the webinar: https://t.co/V8qUroeA1M
🤝Join the Researcher Mentoring Scheme: https://t.co/k3MVKe0Oj5

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How have the PACE trials influenced radiotherapy treatment for #ProstateCancer to date?

Profs Emma Hall & @nickva1 at the ICR discuss learnings from a decade of trials, including @ProstateUK-funded PACE-NODES, in @IJROBP.

Grab a ☕ & read: https://t.co/QGgSPOJdnJ

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Prof Emma Hall supported our Researcher Mentoring Scheme by presenting a Careers in Research webinar, exploring how working with a Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit helps researchers achieve real‑world impact.

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The April edition of Research News is here! Read about:

💙 The TRANFORM screening trial.
📢 Our new LinkedIn channel for prostate cancer researchers.
🔬 Research stories with impact.
🏆 Researcher achievements.
💰 Funding opportunities.

Read it here 📰 : https://t.co/4gqMGqF7og

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@ProstateUK funded a team led by Prof Noel Clarke @MovemberUK FASTMAN Centre of Excellence to analyse bone scans from the STAMPEDE trial.

They explored whether adding radiotherapy to the prostate could help men whose cancer had spread.

📙 https://t.co/yD8knGsc3O

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🥼 Professor Simon Mackay @UniStrathclyde leads a team developing new treatments for men with advanced #ProstateCancer.

💊 In 2019, we funded Simon to further develop his first-in-class IKKα inhibitor.

📙 Read more about Simon's cutting-edge #research: https://t.co/seoNWEFgC0

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📚 Update your knowledge and practice

New, free online course on Early Detection in Prostate Cancer in collaboration with @BMJLearning.

Topics include:

🔹Risk
🔹PSA blood testing
🔹Patient referral & more

⭐ Earn 1 CPD point

Start learning ➡️ https://t.co/p6LzTSpEkw

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📢Job Opportunity: Biobank Manager for TRANSFORM Discovery.

Play a central role in developing a world-leading high-quality data & tissue resource and help TRANSFORM outcomes for men with #ProstateCancer.

Full details ⤵️

https://t.co/2q3QqiKAK7+

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Could hypoxia and angiogenesis gene expression help personalise #ProstateCancer radiotherapy?

Funded by our @MovemberUK FASTMAN Centre of Excellence, Prof Hoskin and Prof Choudhury @CICEManchester share new findings in @ClinOncology.

Grab a ☕ and read: https://t.co/ykRdw4ltuW

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Apply now! Our joint funding call with Movember supports better pre-treatment counselling, stronger care pathways, and targeted support for those most in need. Help create lasting change in prostate cancer care. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/RDtw48fsRR

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@ProstateUK @UofGlasgow @CRUK_SI @IP_London @ImperialSandC And that’s a wrap for From Ideas to Innovation 2026 🚀

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the event and to all who attended - your energy, ideas and conversations over the last two days made it a truly special event.

We hope you had a great time and safe journey home!

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Good morning from Day 2 👋

Ready for another day of networking and celebrating our research community’s work at From Ideas to Innovation.

#ProstateCancerUK

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@ProstateUK @UofGlasgow @CRUK_SI @IP_London @ImperialSandC Our final Patient Research Partner speech comes from Patrick.

Diagnosed with Stage 4 #ProstateCancer in 2020, Patrick is dedicated to raising awareness, visiting many organisations and businesses.

A huge thank you to all of our inspirational Patient Research Partners 👏