Prostate Cancer

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The complex relationship between prostate cancer and obesity

Men with obesity have been associated with more aggressive forms of prostate cancer, and poorer treatment outcomes. Professor Matt Watt is researching the relationship between these diseases and how we can prevent them from progressing.

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Growing nerves to restore erectile function

Research is showing that a new microsurgery procedure to regrow nerves to the penis severed during a prostatectomy can successfully restore a man’s ability to have an erection

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Prostate cancer: Starving out the enemy

By blocking a cancer cell’s access to the ‘fuel’ it needs to grow, researchers hope to develop a new therapy for prostate cancer

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