Meetings galore for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
By Howard Wolinsky
If this is September, this must be Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
Here are some programs you may find of interest.
You still have time to sign up for one of the top events of the month.
Don’t miss the Marks—Scholz and Moyad presenting the latest news and views on prostate cancer. Dr. Laurence Klotz, of the University of Toronto, the father of active surveillance, is among the speakers.
Sign up here: https://pcri.org/2022-conference#2022-invitation
Don’t miss: ASPI (Active Surveillance Patients International) will be premiering the first of a new video series titled “Active Surveillance 101" at noon Eastern on September 24, 2022.
Register here: ASPI SEPTEMBER ZOOM MEETING
Like 101-level courses in colleges, AS 101 is aimed at teaching the basics. In this case, it's the basics of active surveillance, close monitoring of low- to favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
The program features conversations between actual patients and their partners/spouses and leading experts. The goal of this series is to reach all AS candidates, including those who have not yet been diagnosed with prostate cancer but have rising PSAs (prostate-specific antigen) blood levels and offer them an introduction to AS and help them formulate questions when they go to their family doctors, urologists, or oncologists.
The first episode features a couple, Nancy and Larry White in a simulated office visit with Dr. Steve Spann, a top family physician and dean of the University of Houston College of Medicine. They discuss Larry's rising PSA and what it may mean.
In subsequent episodes, the couple visits Dr. Laurence Klotz, of the University of Toronto, the "father of active surveillance." Other episodes of AS 101 are being developed on biopsies, imaging, and DNA testing.
AS 101 is sponsored by the Active Surveillance Coalition, which includes Active Surveillance Patients International, the AnCan Virtual Support Group for Active Surveillance, Prostate Cancer Support Canada, Prostate Cancer Research Institute, and TheActiveSurveillor.com newsletter. We encourage you to share this series with anyone who you know who is dealing with this issue, including your family physician.
The Walnut Foundation Monthly Meeting in support of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
Topic:-Incontinence, Erectile Dysfunction & Prostate Cancer with Special Guest. Dr. Emmanuel Abara, Urologist.
This is a free webinar. You may submit your questions in advance to info@thewalnutfoundation.com
Prostate Cancer Support Canada meets virtually. Yanks are welcome.
The Prostate Cancer Support Canada is holding its 2022 Prostate Cancer Virtual Conference September 17-18 in honor of Awareness Month.
Day 1, The ‘New Normal’ for Support Groups, will focus on facilitation and communication skills for those in, or interested in, leadership roles in the prostate cancer support community.
Day 2, Prostate Cancer Realities will more broadly address issues of interest to our community including managing anxiety and stress throughout the cancer journey, genetics and prostate cancer, upcoming research, how to find trusted information about prostate cancer, and more.
Dr. Brian Goldman, best-selling author and host of White Coat, Black Art on CBC radio, will be speaking about The ‘New Normal’ for Support Groups.
Check for details in the conference program ‘flipbook’ with session + speaker details and registration link: https://bit.ly/2022PCVCprogram
Prostate Cancer Foundation is looking at physical and mental illness.
For Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the 800-pound private prostate cancer researcher, is holding a webinar on “Physical and Mental Wellness in Prostate Cancer.”
Here are the details:
Join us for the first in a series of monthly webinars hosted by PCF President and CEO Dr. Charles J. Ryan.
During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, PCF challenges everyone to Get Healthy. Dr. Ryan and guests will discuss key aspects of nutrition, exercise, and mental health in prostate cancer.
The event will be Sept. 20, 2022 04:30 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada).
Sign up to join here.
Following each segment, there will be a live Q&A.
• Prostate 8: Simple lifestyle changes that work (Dr. Stacey Kenfield, UCSF)
Dr. Kenfield is Associate Professor in the Department of Urology and is the Helen Diller Family Professor of Population Science for Urologic Cancer. She is an expert on lifestyle, exercise, nutrition, and their impact on prostate cancer. She'll discuss research showing how specific lifestyle factors improve outcomes after prostate cancer diagnosis, and practical ways to incorporate these changes into your life.
• Mental Health and Prostate Cancer (Dr. Andrew Roth, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Dr. Roth is an Attending Psychiatrist and is board-certified in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Psychosomatic Medicine. He is focused on caring for the mental health needs of patients with prostate cancer and other genitourinary diseases. He'll provide an overview of the challenges patients commonly face, as well as strategies and resources for coping and living well during treatment and survivorship.
Here’s hoping Dr. Roth will cover AS as well as advanced prostate cancer.
Please send any questions for the speakers in advance to: webinar@pcf.org
For more information on the summit, go to: https://phensummit.org/