Prostate cancer - useful contacts

Any relevant change in body function should be discussed with your GP to arrange further investigation: more frequent need to pee, urgency to pee, pain when going for a pee, change in erectile function, even aches around the body such as persistent back pain. Please bear in mind that many of the symptoms of prostate cancer are the same as symptoms for the two other benign prostate conditions, which are far more common than prostate cancer.

If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and have questions or concerns about your diagnosis and treatment you should talk to your specialist nurse.

Here is a list of relevant organisations and their website links – many of these can provide patients and carers with support and further information about research and current treatment options.

• Prostate Action

• The Prostate Cancer Charity

• Prostate Cancer Network

• Macmillan Cancer Support

• Marie Curie Cancer Care

• Cancer Research UK

• UKHIFU - High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

• Invivo

• Richard Hindley/Hugh Mostafid

To hear more people talk about their experience of prostate cancer, you may find the section of Healthtalkonline helpful, on:

• Prostate Cancer

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