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Aberystwyth University has been awarded a £60,000 grant to fund an innovative research project aimed at improving how prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men, is diagnosed. This generous grant, given by the Merthyr Tydfil-based appliance manufacturing giant Hoover and awarded by The Prostate Cancer Charity, will help improve the accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis.  Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar, the Principal Investigator of the project at the Department of Computer Science at the University and his PhD student, Jonathan Roscoe, met with David Lunt, Chairman of The Hoover Foundation, and representatives from The Prostate Cancer Charity, to formally be presented with the vital funds. Meeting at the research centre on Penglais Campus they discussed how this research aims to help doctors see more clearly the extent and location of a man’s prostate cancer and in turn enable them to make better decisions about treatment. Professor Zwiggelaar said, “We are delighted that the ...

An innovative new research project aimed at improving the diagnosis of prostate cancer is taking place at the University of Aberystwyth. Funded by The Prostate Cancer Charity, it is hoped that if successful, this study will help doctors to more clearly see the size and location of a man’s prostate cancer in order to make better decisions about the right treatment to use. Current methods of visualising prostate cancer at diagnosis can sometimes give an unclear picture of exactly how far the disease has spread. Lead researcher Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar received £60,100 to supervise a PhD project to investigate the novel idea of combining magnetic resonance (MRI) and ultrasound results to give a more detailed initial map of where prostate cancer is present in the body. Professor Zwiggelaar, Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, explains “Making decisions following a diagnosis of prostate cancer is a very stressful time for many men, and this is made worse by the ...