Prostate cancer deaths could be halved within ten years after breakthroughs in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the condition, a leading charity said last night.

He brought to medicine an understanding and awareness of the frequent occurrence, importance and treatment of this condition, previously almost ignored by cardiac specialists.

Medical treatment of the condition requires determination of the underlying pathology and tailoring therapy to the cause.

They have become adept at winning grants and shaping media treatment of the condition.

They described two forms of hydrocephalus, namely obstructive and communicating, thus establishing a theoretical framework for the rational treatment of this condition.