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The benefits of laughter are known to be manifold. It reduces stress and blood pressure,improves heart health and helps us sleep better. While it is impossible to be happy all thetime, I jumped at the opportunity of bringing some laughter to friends and family when theBBC contacted me last year asking whether I would be […]

Professor Dasgupta’s article from The Times Sir Chris Hoy’s bravery in talking about his prostate cancer is to be applauded, and there are lessons be to learnt from his experience. For men with clear family histories of prostate cancer, the advice should be to have prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood tests from the age of […]

One of the biggest concerns that men have when having their prostates are removed to cure cancer, is the loss of erections. This is because the nerve bundles to the penis travel along the two sides of the prostate gland and can be easily damaged during surgery. Sometimes surgeons have to remove one or both […]

MedithinQ – a headset for better robotic surgery The London Clinic was the first private hospital in the UK to introduce robotic surgery withthe da Vinci robot in 2005. Since then, we have used every single version of the system toperform keyhole surgery including the latest da Vinci Xi robot. This kind of surgery is […]

The colour of urine and a rapid diagnostic clinic

Dasgupta was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to surgery and science.

A study of over 700 men has shown that not only is it safe to treat the bladder tumours and shave the prostate at the same time with a telescope, but the chance of the bladder cancer returning is actually lesser.

MRI scan of the prostate has become standard of care in patients with a raised PSA test in the absence of a urine infection before a prostate biopsy is performed.

The question now is whether a PSMA PET scan can improve diagnosis of prostate cancer when combined with a MRI scan of the prostate? The growing evidence is that it can.

Find out where Professor Proar Dasgupta ranks in the world.