He wants to go to Germany for a hypothermia treatment which he is convinced is as effective as chemotherapy or surgery, and without debilitating side-effects.

But he cannot get Federal Government support to help pay medical costs because the treatment is not recognised in Australia by the medical profession.

``The Australian Government is not prepared to recognise overseas medical opinions and, as a consequence, we're left in limbo,'' Mr Jennings said.

``What gets to me is that people aren't aware there are other treatments out there that are being held up by conservative thinking.''

The National Health and Medical Research Council said it does not appear to have funded research into hypothermia treatment for prostate cancer and the Cancer Council of NSW also is not involved in any research or clinical trials into the treatment.

A spokesman for Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the Government was committed to tackling the disease and funds treatments which are ``evidence-based and have been shown to be safe and effective''.

``The process for building the evidence base for a particular treatment can take a considerable number of years, and includes clinical trials as a crucial end-stage component of establishing safety and efficacy prior to a treatment being used in clinical practice,'' he said.

``The establishment of two dedicated prostate cancer research centres, with $15million in funding, will allow for the more effective co-ordination of research, and the expansion of the evidence base in areas that will improve outcomes for men affected.''