The Answers for Cancers

Today on the podcast we are joined by Dr David Galvin a consultant urologist in the mater and st Vincents private hospital. Dr Galvin is the Chair of the National Prostate cancer Leads Network and Principal Investigator to the IPCOR project which is developing a National Prostate cancer Registry. He joins us today to discuss his work on the IPCOR project and what time expect with surgery for prostate cancer. We are so grateful to Dr Galvin for taking the time to have this really important conversation. We hope you the episode .

This week on the podcast we are joined by the incredible Martin Sweeney. Martin was one of our first ever guests on the podcast and we are so happy he has sat down with us again. Martin tells us about his involvement in The ground-breaking PRO-ACT Survey that aimed to understand how prostate cancer treatment affects intimacy, mental health, and quality of life for both patients and their partners. This incredible patient led research shines a true light on the issues faced by men and their partners after a prostate cancer diagnosis. When we were putting this prostate cancer series together we knew the first person we needed to speak with was Martin. He is a fierce advocate for patients and is known and respected by everyone in the field. We are so grateful to him for continuing to share his experience to help others going through a prostate cancer diagnosis. We know you are doing to really enjoy this episode.

This week in the podcast we speak with Dr John Sullivan a consultant urologist who specialises in andrology in St. James hospital Dublin. This incredibly informative episodes does a deep dive into the most common side effects assosiated with prostate cancer including incontinence and sexual function. We discuss statistics and how prevelant these side effects can be while also discussing stratgies for managment.

We have you enjoy this episode. This podcast was made possible by an educational grant from Bayer.

This week on the answers for cancers podcast we are joned by Dr Richard Bambury consultant medical oncologist in Cork University hospital. He joins us to discuss the most common terminology often heard when assosiated with prostate cancer and helps provide a clear understanding of the stages of prostate cancer and the steps involved in getting a diagnosis.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

Today on the podcast we are joined by the incredible Jacqueline Daly. Jacqueline is a powerful patient advocate and she joins us today to speak about prostate cancer from a partners perspective. We are very grateful to Jacqueline for joining us and sharing her experience. We hope you enjoy this episode.

As this month is prostate cancer awareness month we are very excited to present this limited series which has kindly been supported by an educational grant from Bayer. On our first episode we are joined by consultant radiotherapist Dr Paul Kelly who explains the role of radiotherapy in treating prostate cancer. We hope you enjoy this episode.

Today on the podcast we are joined by Siobhan Gaynor who talks to us about her research on the metestatic breast cancer patients experiences and needs. Her mission is to hopefully make the path for others living with metestatic breast cancer more gently. Thank you for joining us Siobhan we learned so much from this conversation .

Today on the podcast we are joined by Kate Pleace also know as Fertility_menopause_support on instagram. We loved this episode and Kates passion really shines through so we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

This is a rerelease of one of our most loved episodes on exercise and cancer with Clare Kelly and Amy Walsh who are experts in this area and champion movement before, during and after treatment. We hope you enjoy it and learn as much as we did

This week on the Answers for Cancers podcast to mark sarcoma cancer awareness month we have 2 special episodes. On the second episode we are joined by Carol Haslam who kindly shares her experience of recieving a diagnosis of sarcoma. She also discusses the incredible role of Sarcoma Cancer Ireland who just recently recieved charity status.

We would like to thank everyone for their contribution to make this conversation as informative as possible especially Kelli and Carmel from Sarcoma Cancer Ireland for asking us to be involved. We hope you enjoy this episode.