Tony Collier

In general, I’ve had a good and happy life, worked hard, and been well-rewarded. It’s not always been a bed of roses though, and there have been times where life...

I don’t think that anyone who hasn’t had cancer would truly understand the impact that a cancer diagnosis has on a person. And I’m absolutely convinced that they wouldn’t truly...

A man that I know and admire greatly has decided that five years of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is enough and is taking a treatment break. Given that he was...

Just imagine a program being available when you are newly diagnosed with cancer that got you fitter before surgery or treatment, helped you with nutritional advice, and supported your emotional...

Isn’t the saying "don’t sweat the little things?" I think this is very relevant to living with and beyond cancer. We really should try to avoid worrying about the small...

I vividly remember a conversation with an eminent professor, whose specialty is prostate cancer, at a research event. It was about two years after my stage 4 diagnosis, and we...

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is, thankfully, keeping me alive. However, the side effects have been difficult to cope with, and one of those is fatigue. It’s difficult to describe the...

I was diagnosed stage 4 in May 2017, aged 60, when a runners “groin strain” turned out to be far worse than just a groin strain. In fact, if I...

Dear Cancer, You entered my family’s life many years ago, and you were a very unwelcome visitor. You wreaked havoc but you didn’t bend or break us. We stared you...

There’s no doubt that a cancer diagnosis has a detrimental impact on every aspect of life, but in this article I wanted to focus on the impact on our confidence...

When I was given my stage 4 diagnosis in May 2017, aged 60, our world fell apart. Throughout the early months of 2017, I’d been training hard to take on...

It seems clear to me that ceasing to screen for prostate cancer using the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test has resulted in more men being diagnosed at advanced stages...

In the year after I was diagnosed in May 2017, I had to visit my cancer hospital pretty much every three or four weeks as my liver function was quite...

Since my diagnosis with advanced stage, incurable, prostate cancer in May 2017, I’ve had the benefit of great support from family, friends and cancer support charities, such as the amazing...

I was with a friend recently who was diagnosed with De Novo advanced stage prostate cancer six years ago at the age of 49. He was telling me that, out...

Twitter can be an incredibly toxic place with some pretty awful comments made by so-called “keyboard warriors,” but despite that it can also be an incredibly supportive place, especially the...

I’ve learned so much over the last few weeks about how far you can push the limits of physical and mental endurance. Without a doubt, being told that you have...

Professor Nicholas James is Chief Investigator on the STAMPEDE trial that I think has changed the path of prostate cancer treatments, especially advanced stage prostate cancer. This is the 2nd...

Professor Nicholas James is Chief Investigator on the STAMPEDE trial. The multi-arm, multi-stage trial focuses on people with locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer starting first-line hormone therapy. It seeks...

I was recently watching a TV program about the 2012 London Olympics that was reflecting on the targets of developing athletes specifically for 2012. It was highlighting the achievements of...