Prostate Cancer - Getting the Bigger Picture on imaging prostate cancer

05/12/21 • 38 min

Clive was diagnosed with prostate cancer back in 2016. He didn’t present with classic symptoms but his PSA levels suggested a problem. We talk to Clive about his experience and how his prostate cancer was treated. We also discuss improvements in diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer – how do we detect if the cancer has returned? What improvements have been made in treating prostate cancer if it returns or has spread to other areas of the body? We talk to one of our consultants, Prof. Cook about how developments in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have enabled his team to diagnose recurrent prostate cancer and about new radioactive drugs that can be used to treat this cancer. We also talk to one of our scientists, Dr Jennifer Young, about how a new radioactive drug was developed in our department to image prostate cancer.

This podcast is funded by a grant from the Public Engagement Fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King’s College London.

This podcast is funded by a grant from the Public Engagement Fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King’s College London.

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Breast Cancer - Getting the Bigger Picture on sentinel lymph node biopsy

When Rachel found a lump in her breast she thought it probably wasn't serious, the doctor wasn't too concerned either but sent her to get it checked out. Unfortunately it turned out to be breast cancer.
In this episode Maggie talks to Rachel about her experience of being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. In particular, they talk about the sentinel lymph node biopsy and how that is key to identifying if the cancer has spread to other areas of the body.
Maggie also talks with Dr Julia Blower about some exciting research going on in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London in which scientists are trying to find a less invasive way of working out if cancer has spread to other areas of the body by combing two different types of imaging, MRI and PET.
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Ovarian Cancer - Getting the Bigger Picture on antibody treatment for ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer can creep up on you unexpectedly. Maxine had symptoms similar to a pre-existing condition and didn’t know that she had cancer. We talked about how she got her diagnosis, the symptoms she experienced and what had happened since that initial diagnosis.

We also talk to Prof James Spicer who heads up an experimental cancer medicines unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. We discuss different types of treatment including a novel approach to using antibodies to treat ovarian cancer.

Finally, we talk to Dr Francis Man about how radiolabelling the antibody that Prof Spicer is using, may allow us to better understand how the antibody is working and whether it is going to the parts of the body that we expect.

The symptoms of ovarian cancer can be difficult to detect as Maxine found. Ovacome have a nice easy way to remember what to look out for called BEAT. B is for bloating, E is for a change in eating habits, A is for abdominal pain and T is for a change in toilet habits. (https://www.ovacome.org.uk)

This podcast is supported by a grant from the Public Engagement Fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King’s College London.