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A special supplement dedicated to prostate cancer, which appeared in The Times on Wednesday 26 October, has helped to raise awareness of the disease.

Reggae poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, talks to the Charity about his prostate cancer diagnosis.

The Prostate Cancer Charity comments on the launch of new drug, abiraterone, which has now been licensed for use in the UK, and can be prescribed by doctors to help extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, which has stopped responding to existing treatments, by an average of four months.

For the first time, jockeys saddling up in the Betfair-sponsored King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - the highlight of the Betfair Weekend at Ascot on 22-24 July - will wear white armbands in support of The Prostate Cancer Charity.

Simon Cowell, Rod Stewart, Pixie Lott and Paul O'Grady are among the stars that have pledged their support to Daybreak's Donate a Day initiative launching on Monday 23^rd May 2011

The Guardian reported that Owen Sharp, executive director of operations at Victim Support, has been appointment chief executive of The Prostate Cancer Charity. He replaces John Neate.