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 ..read more

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 abou ..read more

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 ..read more

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 reinf ..read more

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 – th ..read more

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 ..read more

Graham Pipe, a recent patient at the Focal Therapy Clinic who underwent HIFU treatment with Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge following a diagnosis of localised prostate cancer, joins OnFocus to discuss the process he went through to seek an alternative treatment which would maintain his active lifestyle. Age 70 and recently retired from a career as a Chartered Building Surveyor, Graham describes himself as Young at heart who loves travelling abroad and is married 47 years to the love of his life, who is a model ..read more

Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge, who works with TFTC and is based at University Hospital Southampton, joins OnFocus today. Tim is an innovator in focal therapy and has coinvestigated most of the clinical trials and studies that have built the evidence base for focal therapy and advanced its adoption and practice. He has recently completed his appointment as Clinical Champion for Prostate Cancer UK, and he's here to discuss what he learned and what implications this might have for patient care ..read more

Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist at The Focal Therapy Clinic and a leading innovator in imaging led diagnostics and targeted treatments for prostate cancer, joins OnFocus to discuss prostate imaging and reporting. Marc has been a dedicated pracititoner and 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 here today to talk about the crucial role that imaging plays in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, and why a minimal standard of imaging and report ..read more

Joining me today is Dr Rafael Sanchez-Salas, an emerging leader in the field of focal therapy for localised prostate cancer. Trained as a urologist in his native Venezuela, Dr Sanchez-Salas led research on robotic surgery and focal therapy for over ten years at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris Paris, and is now a member of the faculty at McGill University in Montreal where he is leading research on localised prostate cancer and minimally invasive approaches to its management. Dr Sanchez-Salas discusses how the researchers and clinicians in the US and Canada are now deploying the evidenc ..read more