Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Prostate cancer is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Germany
- Bundesverband Prostatakrebs Selbsthilfe e.V. (BPS)Counselling, local self-help groups, online forum, treatment-decision aids and clinic search.All of Germany
- Deutsche KrebshilfeGerman non-profit cancer charity providing information on cancer types, early detection, prevention, therapy and self-help, and funding research and patient support.All of Germany
- Landesverband Prostatakrebs Selbsthilfe NRW e.V. (LPS)State association of prostate cancer self-help groups in North Rhine-Westphalia offering local groups, a hotline, forum, seminars and medical information.Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Prostata Selbsthilfe Gelsenkirchen & Buer e.V.Self-help group of men with prostate cancer in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, offering group meetings and information on early detection, diagnosis and treatment.Gelsenkirchen
- Prostatakrebs Selbsthilfegruppe Berlin-NordNon-profit Berlin self-help group for people with prostate cancer and their relatives, offering monthly group meetings, experience exchange and doctor talks.Berlin
- Prostatakrebs Selbsthilfegruppe Singen und UmgebungProstate cancer self-help group in Singen offering information, exchange, regular meetings and phone or email contact for patients and partners.Singen (Hohentwiel)
- Prostatakrebs-Selbsthilfegruppe DüsseldorfProstate cancer self-help group in Düsseldorf offering regular meetings, outings, patient information, news and links for affected men.Düsseldorf
- Selbsthilfegruppe Prostatakrebs KarlsruheKarlsruhe self-help group for people affected by prostate cancer and their partners, offering free regular meetings for exchanging experiences.Karlsruhe
- Selbsthilfegruppe Prostatakrebs Mariendorf (Berlin) e.V.Berlin self-help group for men with prostate cancer, meeting monthly with expert talks and experience exchange.Berlin
- Selbsthilfegruppen Prostatakrebs München der Bayerischen Krebsgesellschaft e.V.Three prostate cancer self-help groups in Munich (new diagnosis, advanced disease, recurrence), members of the national BPS federation.München
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Germany and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Prostate cancer.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Prostate cancer to compare with. Family and friends can help.