Suffolk Freemasons organise Prostate Cancer Screening

Prostate Cancer Explanation in One Slide Completed with Prostate Anatomy

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Prostate Cancer Screening

Suffolk Provincial Grand Lodge and Chaps have teamed up to provide a programme for all Suffolk Masons and a “buddy” to have a Prostate Check. This is a simple blood test [PSA] that has achieved very good results in other programmes by highlighting a need to follow the result up with your GP.[ 10% referral].11,000 men die each year from Prostate Cancer and the latest information shows that PSA based screening can cut the death rate by 50% This is important – see the details below to book your appointment. Minimal charge of £18.00 per person.

Freemasons Grand Charity awards £100,000 to Cancer Genetics team at University of East Anglia

69056778 Grand Charity awards £100,000 to Cancer Genetics team at University of East Anglia Norfolk PGM Stephen Allen and Professor Colin Cooper with the research team Norfolk 3ds

The Grand Charity has awarded a £100,000 grant to the Cancer Genetics team at the University of East Anglia to help fund research that will focus on distinguishing between aggressive and non-aggressive forms of the disease. Lead researcher Professor Colin Cooper explained that a critical problem in clinical management is an inability to distinguish this at the time of diagnosis.