On Focus

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Podcast: On Focus

Clare Delmar explores issues facing men diagnosed with prostate cancer that are little known, less understood and almost never talked about. A podcast series by The Focal Therapy Clinic. https://www.thefocaltherapyclinic.co.uk

  1. 15/10/2023

    Exercise medicine - a key element of cancer recovery

    Joining me today is Gemma Harris, a physiotherapist who specialises in helping people regain strength and confidence following a cancer diagnosis and treatment. Before establishing the Wellbeing and Rehab Collective in Surrey where she currently practices, Gemma was part of the exercise medicine team at Genesis Care, an internationally recognised group of cancer care specialists.  She’s here today to discuss how Exercise medicine is regarded by many as a key element of cancer recovery and how she works with men who have been diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer.  https://wellbeingandrehabcollective.co.uk/

    19 min

  2. 24/07/2023

    MRI - the most important diagnostic tool for prostate cancer

    Joining On Focus today is Dr Francesco Giganti, Associate Professor and honorary Consultant in Radiology at University College London.  Francesco is an acknowledged leader in researching imaging of the prostate, and in identifying new approaches to improve its accuracy in diagnosis and its effectiveness in treatment. He has co-authored over 200 publications reporting on investigations into multiple clinical, technological, and systemic challenges to prostate imaging, and his work has had, and continues to have, profound impact on clinical practice.   He’s here today to talk about how MRI has transformed the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer,  and what challenges need to be overcome to ensure that this transformational and continually evolving element of the diagnostic pathway is available and accessible to all men. Research publications by Francesco Giganti: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francesco-Giganti-2

    18 min

  3. 26/06/2023

    Men’s Health Week: a conversation with prostate cancer campaigner Elvin Box

    Elvin Box, a popular and passionate advocate for men with prostate cancer joins this episode of onFocus. Diagnosed in 2016, Elvin is a Movember UK ambassador and has written and campaigned extensively on a number of issues impacting men and their families as they experience a diagnosis of prostate cancer and navigate treatment options. He’s here today at the end of Mens Health Week to share his perspective on mens health awareness and how prostate cancer fits into this.  https://uk.movember.com/

    25 min

  4. 07/06/2023

    Active Surveillance, the ProtecT trial and the importance of targeted diagnostics 

    Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist at with The Focal Therapy Clinic and a leading innovator in imaging led diagnostics and targeted treatments for prostate cancer, joins On Focus in this episode. Marc has been a vocal advocate for the rights of patients to be informed about their treatment choices from his base at Frimley Health, where he is prostate cancer lead at Wexham Park Hospital. He’s also a dedicated practitioner in optimising treatment choices for patients, and has built a reputation in identifying and delivering the right treatment for each patient, based on precise diagnostics and comprehensive discussion about lifestyle, aspirations and relationships. He’s here today to speak about how some recent media attention on Active Surveillance might be interpreted, and what men diagnosed with localised prostate need to know about their treatment choices.  Marc discusses the ProtecT trial: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122

    18 min
  5. How Prostate Cancer Research is impacting patients and clinicians

    23/03/2023

    How Prostate Cancer Research is impacting patients and clinicians

    Joining OnFocus today is Oliver Kemp, CEO of Prostate Cancer Research in the UK and Director of PCR inc in the USA, whose missions Oliver describes as “to use our deep understanding of patient priorities and the research ecosystem to enable and implement the innovations that have greatest potential for impact, and to help scientists forge the connections and collaborations which will keep their work at the cutting-edge.” https://www.prostate-cancer-research.org.uk/

    16 min
  6. Changing the narrative around screening

    15/03/2023

    Changing the narrative around screening

    Joining OnFocus today is Alan Doherty, Clinical Director at the Birmingham Prostate Clinic, and recently voted one of the UK’s top ten prostate cancer specialists in a national poll of consultant urologists published in the Daily Mail. Alan has been an innovator, advocate and dedicated practitioner of precision treatments for prostate cancer, and joined the Focal Therapy Clinic last year to develop his expertise in delivering focal therapy.  In addition to HIFU focal therapy, Alan has embraced IRE or NanoKnife focal treatments with great success for his patients, which has reinforced his views on early diagnosis and, in particular, prostate cancer screening. He’s here today to speak with me about how advancements in and success with focal therapy change the discussion around screening.

    18 min
  7. NanoKnife is giving more choice to patients

    11/02/2023

    NanoKnife is giving more choice to patients

    Marc has been a vocal advocate for the rights of patients to be informed about their treatment choices from his base at Frimley Health, where he is prostate cancer lead at Wexham Park Hospital. He’s also a dedicated practitioner in optimising treatment choices for patients, and has built a reputation in identifying and delivering the right treatment for each patient, based on precise diagnostics and comprehensive discussion about lifestyle, aspirations and relationships. He’s here today to speak with me about a relatively new treatment - IRE focal therapy, also known as the NanoKnife – that he’s been offering to patients and how he sees this developing in futureMarc Laniado, Consultant Urologist at with The Focal Therapy Clinic and a leading innovator in imaging led diagnostics and targeted treatments for prostate cancer is today’s OnFocus guest.

    19 min
  8. NanoKnife - a personal experience

    30/01/2023

    NanoKnife - a personal experience

    Brian Bishop joins OnFocus to discuss his experience with NanoKnife treatment for prostate cancer. Brian is 77 and lives in Virginia Water since retiring from a career in the airline industry, and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2022. A few months later he was treated by TFTC Consultant Urologist Marc Laniado with a form of focal therapy that uses electric current to ablate cancerous tissues, also known as the NanoKnife.

    11 min
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Descrizione

Clare Delmar explores issues facing men diagnosed with prostate cancer that are little known, less understood and almost never talked about. A podcast series by The Focal Therapy Clinic. https://www.thefocaltherapyclinic.co.uk

Informazioni

  • Creatore
    The Focal Therapy Clinic
  • Anni di attività
    2020 - 2023
  • Puntate
    88
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    © The Focal Therapy Clinic
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    On Focus

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