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TLC Zoom
Wednesday 12th March 2025 @c18:00 GMT
Let’s talk about Prostate Cancer (dying for a pee)
Professor Richard Sullivan
Professor of Cancer and Global Health, King’s College London
The announcement last October that Sir Chris Hoy has terminal prostate cancer made me think again that we blokes need to talk about the subject much more.
As we get older we become coy about discussing the mysteries that happen ‘between the navel and the knee’.
In 2023 I thought I had it and in the end following a consultation with my GP had an MRI. I was fortunate in that I was clear.
Few of you who are regular TLC’ers will forget the presentation by the wonderful, late Phil Sampson in 2022 entitled ‘Dying Well’. Thinking of this forthcoming presentation with Professor Richard Sullivan took me back to Phil’s courage faced with stage 4 prostate cancer.
So, I make no apologies in we need to know and learn more and there could be no better presenter than Richard.
Biography
Richard Sullivan is Professor of Cancer and Global Health at King’s College London, Director of the King’s Institute of Cancer Policy, and co-Director of the Conflict and Health Research Group.
His global cancer research covers cancer systems strengthening, financing, political economy, global radiotherapy, social welfare, and cancer care in conflict. He also leads major programs on conflict and health across the Middle East, global health security & intelligence, and a wide range of clinical areas, particularly blast and ballistic injuries.
Richard qualified in medicine and trained in surgery (urology) gaining his PhD in Biochemistry from University College London. He was Clinical Director of Cancer Research UK between 1999 and 2008. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cancer Policy and national cancer advisor to a number of governments.
He has worked for many years on biosecurity and biological counterproliferation issues in both civilian and security sectors, including Ebola outbreaks in West Africa & DR Congoand most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Richard is an NCD advisor to the WHO, a member of the National Cancer Grid of India, and civil-military advisor to Save the Children, amongst many other positions.
