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Ruben<p>Whilst educating some staff about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> a new grad nurse asked, "but what is the prostate for?". I thought I had just been explaining that so I was stumped for an answer and struggled to think of a better explanation. I should have just quoted wikipedia, "a muscle-driven mechanical switch between urination and ejaculation" - you can't get much more succinct. It's all just plumbing really.</p>
Bytes Europe<p>AI could play a key role in improving prostate cancer treatment outcomes <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/842089/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/842089/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cryotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Imaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imaging</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prostate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ProstateCancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProstateCancer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tumor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Urology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urology</span></a></p>
Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History<p>"Carlisle GPs are discouraging PSA testing" My letter in the local paper <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Prostate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prostate</a> <a href="https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24942245.readers-letter-carlisle-gps-discouraging-psa-testing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2494224...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24942245.readers-letter-carlisle-gps-discouraging-psa-testing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reader's letter: Carlisle GPs ...</a></p>
Dominique B. 🦀🐙<p>L'homme est en train de se faire pulvériser la <a href="https://toot.portes-imaginaire.org/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> au laser.<br>T'as compris pourquoi mon <a href="https://toot.portes-imaginaire.org/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> s'est mis en sommeil ? C'est parce-que c'est à mon tour de chouchouter l'homme.</p><p>Je vais préparer des lasagnes pour son retour. Et le lendemain il aura des endives au jambon et ensuite un soufflet aux courgettes (exceptionnel, c'est pas la saison), je devrais en trouver en grande surface, y en a pas à la ferme.</p>
Kev "Pop's" Wheeler<p>I'm not what you might call in prime condition, I'm 68 years old &amp; I have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthIssues</span></a>. I am a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeartAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeartAttack</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TripleBypass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TripleBypass</span></a> Surgery survivor back in 2018, left with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeartCondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeartCondition</span></a>. </p><p> I have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChronicKidneyDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicKidneyDisease</span></a> coupled with a troublesome <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prostate</span></a> that interferes with my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bladder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bladder</span></a> meaning I have a permanent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catheter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catheter</span></a>. <br>My <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BloodPressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloodPressure</span></a> can get a little out of whack, I can also fall into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a> but not like I used to. Finally I have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arthritis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arthritis</span></a> at the base of my Spine.</p>
Glyn Moody<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prostate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> becomes most common cancer diagnosis in England - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/28/prostate-cancer-becomes-most-common-cancer-diagnosis-in-england" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/28/prostate-cancer-becomes-most-common-cancer-diagnosis-in-england</span></a> "There were 55,033 diagnoses of prostate cancer in England in 2023 compared with 47,526 diagnoses of breast cancer"</p>
Ti Nico<p>Tenez, participez à cette étude et faites avancer la science! </p><p><a href="https://www.evalandgo.com/f/181127/4pnZ5bhfgqKf3WuBwFLvYt?o=1805b77981a7bc&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYecfCz5EuQwE9eJobDe8A8Jg7rDv9RxTP3-Qal7h7r5-Va8sgZQdgAkMk_aem_EWae9_pYCrAaNNuBrBpqwA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">evalandgo.com/f/181127/4pnZ5bh</span><span class="invisible">fgqKf3WuBwFLvYt?o=1805b77981a7bc&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYecfCz5EuQwE9eJobDe8A8Jg7rDv9RxTP3-Qal7h7r5-Va8sgZQdgAkMk_aem_EWae9_pYCrAaNNuBrBpqwA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/enquete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enquete</span></a> <a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a></p>
Mike<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Chigaze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Chigaze</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@greem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greem</span></a></span> <br>PSA isn't approved for good reason as a routine screening test in the British Health Service - although men over 50 can request their doctor to do one (most doctors would only do one alongside (before) a rectal examination).</p><p>It's an excellent test for monitoring the progression of known prostate cancer and its treatment, but it can be raised in a huge number of other non-cancer situations. It is not a diagnostic test.<br>The gold standard test is still a digital rectal examination by someone who's been trained to spot the signs of cancer. This can be followed up with an MRI if there's any suspicious findings.</p><p>Sorry, but I fear that the use of PSA as a screening tool is a way of making money in a profit driven healthcare system.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> </p><p>(Retired Healthcare Scientist who performed tens of thousands of PSA Tests and the older Acid Phosphatase test over 40 years).</p>
greem<p>Lads, lads!</p><p>("lads" being "people born with &amp; still having a prostate" regardless of current identification)</p><p>I'm about to have my 5th round of chemotherapy for advanced metstatic prostate cancer. A close friend has had surgery to remove theirs today, and another friend in the USA had theirs removed on Thursday.</p><p>If you are 50+, then FOR THE LOVE OF WHATEVER DEITY YOU DO OR DON'T HAVE please get a PSA test.</p><p>Save yourself being in our position.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/PleaseBoost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseBoost</span></a></p>
Doug Baker<p>Wondering if we're getting the truth on <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> surgery: 1 in 8 men of his age have prostate <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>. "Enlarged prostate"? Probably 75% of men his age have that. So...thinking cancer? That's the usual reason for a prostatectomy. <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netanyahu-prostate-surgery-1.7419892" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/netanyahu-pr</span><span class="invisible">ostate-surgery-1.7419892</span></a></p>
Lee<p>Fasted - Celebration jog 🏃🏻🩵🍾 - came home yesterday to this letter advising I am cancer free - of course a mince cake 🍰 to celebrate 😆 (thanks for all d much appreciated support) 🙏 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Running</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runnersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runnersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RunningCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunningCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/run" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>run</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/athlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>athlete</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cake</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runner</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runners</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jog</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jogging</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silentsunday</span></a></p>
notes<p>"Despite this one study, you should still consider eating <a href="https://social.coop/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> and other <a href="https://social.coop/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seafood</span></a> as a healthy strategy. If we could absolutely, positively say that the benefits of eating seafood comes entirely from <a href="https://social.coop/tags/omega3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>omega3</span></a> fats, then downing fish oil pills would be an alternative to eating fish. But it’s more than likely that you need the entire orchestra of fish fats, vitamins, minerals, and supporting molecules, rather than the lone notes of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHA</span></a>." <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/high-intake-of-omega-3-fats-linked-to-increased-prostate-cancer-risk-201308012009" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">health.harvard.edu/blog/high-i</span><span class="invisible">ntake-of-omega-3-fats-linked-to-increased-prostate-cancer-risk-201308012009</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prostate</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a></p>
greem<p>Cycle 2 starts on Monday. Another infusion, more drugs, and more side effects to come.</p><p>Onwards!</p><p>3/3 ends</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Chemotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemotherapy</span></a></p>
greem<p>It's been a while since my previous instance got shafted by spammers and started being defederated &amp; blocked, and then the one I was going to move to also took a nosedive in uptime terms.</p><p>So here I am again.</p><p>I still have advanced <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/metastatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metastatic</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> but since then it transpires that <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/SirChrisHoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SirChrisHoy</span></a> has selfishly announced that he, too, has the same one except his is slightly more advanced than mine, because of course it is (this is of course ever so slightly light-hearted).</p>
BigD<p>ACC payout for a disease. Does this set a precedent?<br>I might apply.<br>I sprayed anything that could be killed with 245T when I was a younger man. Blew it out through a high pressure sprayer attached to 44gal drums of the potent mix. Wind didn't worry me. Spillage+<br>The govt subsidised it<br>25 years later, a Radical Prostatectomy.<br>That's med talk for surgically removing your diseased prostate.<br>How many more farmers suffering this fate I wonder.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532872/taranaki-farmer-with-terminal-cancer-fought-two-years-to-get-compensation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/532872</span><span class="invisible">/taranaki-farmer-with-terminal-cancer-fought-two-years-to-get-compensation</span></a></p>
muıııo<p>Now that I'm in my 40s, I decided it's important to get my <a href="https://mst.muiiio.com/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> checked. So I did.</p><p>To my surprise, they now do it with a blood test! I was kinda looking forward to the fingering... 🙄</p>
Auscandoc<p>It checks the 12 most common forms of the disease: <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/lung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lung</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/breast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breast</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pancreatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pancreatic</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/colorectal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colorectal</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ovarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ovarian</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/liver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liver</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/oesophageal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oesophageal</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bladder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bladder</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bone</span></a> and soft tissue <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/sarcoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarcoma</span></a>, and <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/gastric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gastric</span></a>. </p><p>Scientists at Southampton University are understood to have used clinical information from 20,000 cancer patients to develop the screening.</p><p>The next stage involves improving the efficacy of the artificial intelligence involved, which analyses the test samples and biomarkers”</p><p>(2/2)</p>
K Lars Lohn<p>Achievement unlocked.</p><p>Radiation treatment is done. </p><p>5/5 sessions completed. </p><p>Such a relief.</p><p><a href="https://octodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://octodon.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> <a href="https://octodon.social/tags/radiotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiotherapy</span></a></p>
Servelan<p>Urology Care Foundation Encourages Proactive Steps for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prostate</span></a> Health This September | Financial Post</p><p><a href="https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/urology-care-foundation-encourages-proactive-steps-for-prostate-health-this-september" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">financialpost.com/globe-newswi</span><span class="invisible">re/urology-care-foundation-encourages-proactive-steps-for-prostate-health-this-september</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Got another offer of free <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/prostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostate</span></a> screening as part of a study. Last time they checked my blood and then they threw me out of the study. "Sorry, but we only want subjects who show signs of eventually having prostate problems". But I'm on this one too!</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>