March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, spotlighting the UK’s most common cancer affecting over 4,000 Yorkshire men yearly. The Daisy Appeal is proud to announce a game-changing step forward in Hull and East Riding.
At the charity’s brand-new Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) at Castle Hill Hospital, Gallium-68 PSMA PET scans are being introduced – detecting and staging prostate cancer with unprecedented precision to guide optimal treatments.
Dr Louis Allott, Head of Radiochemistry at MIRC, explains: The massive difference is accessibility. Currently, local men travel hundreds of miles for these scans. Once the Gallium-68 generator is installed in April 2026, we’ll produce the radiotracer on-site, no travel, no delays.
"Gallium-68 PSMA PET scans offer superior detection of prostate cancer spread. On-site production means Hull and East Riding patients get faster access.”
Professor Nick Stafford, Chair of Daisy Appeal, says: “As a charity, we fund equipment and research to detect cancer, heart disease and dementia on behalf of the NHS. This generator delivers our founding mission: world-class imaging for our community.”
One in eight UK men faces diagnosis in their lifetime (one in four for Black men), with 12,000 deaths yearly. Early detection via advanced imaging dramatically improves outcomes - now accessible locally.
The charity seeks support for research extending this science to more cancers, heart disease, and dementia. Donate: daisyappeal.org/donate.
Businesses: Make Daisy Appeal your Charity of the Year – daisy@daisyappeal.org.
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Front Row - Louis Allott, Graham Wright, Remilekun Badmos, Sallyann Wright, Rebecca Hargreaves, Amanda Finn, Karen Hall, Juozas Domarkas.
