You can help fight the disease that deprives so many families of their fathers.
With one in nine men developing the disease in their life-time, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Australians after non-melanoma skin cancer. Shockingly, nine men die from prostate cancer every single day. Just imagine how many families will lose fathers, sons, brothers and grandfathers to this terrible disease.
Mater Medical Research Institute (MMRI) scientists are working to better understand prostate cancer in numerous ways. They want to understand the molecular events underpinning prostate cancer—how it starts and spreads around the body. This includes the cancer spreading to the bones which is one of the most common areas for cancer to spread and currently bone cancer is incurable.
One team of MMRI scientists are working to identify what genes and proteins predispose men to developing prostate cancer with the goal of informing future generations of men, early in life, about their risks.
Another team are exploring how prostate cancer cells protect themselves in response to treatments with the view to developing strategies to sensitise cancers to therapy.
Through better understanding of the disease scientists at MMRI are contributing to the global fight against prostate cancer leading to better ways to diagnose and treat the disease.
We’re Talking PC
Even though so many men are affected by prostate cancer most men don’t talk about it. You can help build awareness and help scientists find new ways to fight the disease by Talking PC.
There are three ways to get involved:
- Get together with your family, friends, work mates, local sporting club or community group and organise a barbeque, morning tea or office collection to raise funds and awareness.
- Face your fear and hold a challenge event like climbing the Story Bridge or skydiving and ask your friends and family to sponsor you.
- Make a donation.
Please register your event here and receive a Talking PC information kit.
To register your event or to find out more about Talking PC, please call 1800 440 155 or email talkingpc@mater.org.au