'Hail Mary'--Showtime for Dr. Epstein's webinar on new news in biopsies. On at noon Eastern today, May 17.
By Howard Wolinsky
It’s late, but not too late to register for the webinar with Dr. Jonathan Epstein, the uropathology guru. He’s updating us on the new news on biopsies
Sign up at least. If you have time, join us. If you can’t join us but register, you’ll be notified when a video is available on the new The Active Surveillor YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheActiveSurveillor (Why not subscribe?)
The program will be on from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern today, May 17. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JwtdomJnT3mJttTI8urvuQ
If you have any questions in advance, email me at howard.wolinsky@gmail.com
More meetings, including a new one in the Windy City only for AS patients
—Chicago Area Active Surveillors meet in person 11:30. a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, May 21,
Be there or be square. But you gotta’ be there in person.
The newly formed Chicago Area Active Surveillors is meeting at
Seasons 52 in the Napa Room
3 Oakbrook Center
Oak Brook, IL 6052
If you want to join us, let me know at howard.wolinsky@gmail.com, and I’ll share details.
We have drawn members from as far away as Columbia, Missouri, for the meeting of what we believe is the largest in-person AS-only support group on the planet—certainly in the Chicago area. Maybe in the multi-verse.
—ZERO’s town hall meeting on ZOOM. Prostate cancer research—along with research on other diseases—has taken a body blow.
Attend a ZERO Prostate Cancer town hall at 7 p.m. Eastern Tuesday May 20 by ZERO to discuss the status of funding cuts under the proposed federal budget and what can be done about it. Register for the session here. More background on the cuts proposed for CDC here.
—UMiami’s Sanoj Punnen takes on the debate over transperineal vs. transrectal biopsies. Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI)’s monthly webinar will focus on these issues in a program entitled, “The great biopsy debate: Where do we stand on transperineal vs. transrectal?”
The program will be on Saturday, May 24 from noon to 1:30 pm Eastern.
Register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/UZVDHmq9Rlyw6y_mqmK0hg#/registration
Check out Punnen’s presentation of the MAST AS study at the recent meeting of the American Urological Association: https://news.med.miami.edu/improving-prostate-cancer-prediction-during-active-surveillance/
Please send questions in advance to: contactus@aspatients.org