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A Bioscanner in every Pharmacy

We Friends of Prostate Sufferers (FOPS) hosted a Prostate Roadshow there last June with a tripartite Consultants Forum of David Baxter Smith, Alvan Pope and Julian Shah who first explained the prostate and then answered questions for over an hour which encouraged 150 men to give blood for PSA testing.

Since then we have been advertising the new Bioscanners, supplied by the Graham Fulford Trust, which are now installed in both local Pharmacies and doing a great job of testing men who walk in and, after having the seven golden rules explained to them, walk out with a PSA test result twenty or so minutes later.
As you can see from the advert below men who have received a normal PSA result are so grateful that it must become another of our missions to instal Bioscanners into Pharmacies throughout the land so we can thwart more Tigers.

Our Aims

The FOPS greatest accomplishment is that, working together, we have helped, and will keep on helping, men affected by Prostate Cancer (also known as 'Tiger Cancer') turn themselves away from their personal precipices and get their lives back together. Learn more...

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Personal Stories

Denis McCarthy Denis suffered from prostate Cancer during the latter years of his life. However, he really enjoyed being on the FOPS Council and chatting with our Consultants and his Councillor friends when he wasn’t busy contributing on current Council Matters which he found very comforting as he fought the... Read more...

Upcoming Events

27Oct 2025

14th Prostate Roadshow - October 27th 2025

Monday 27th October 2025

From 6.30pm until 9pm we will be hosting our 14th PSA Testing Roadshow at Christ Church in Chorleywood (WD3 5SG). Read more...

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