Program for Newly Diagnosed Patients at the Prostate Cancer of Orange County on March 8
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RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER?
A couple of meetings for you.
By Howard Wolinsky
Where to turn with your new prostate cancer diagnosis? Are you on Active Surveillance / Gleason 3+3?
Here’s some support groups to check out.
Prostate Cancer UK is holding its active surveillance support group on from 2-3 p.m. Eastern/7-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 8Come and join the chat and share your concerns and experience with each other.
Go to: https://zoom.us/j/92252567385?pwd=TEM5MU1pdHB2SzUvN2UwZlU4SUNVdz09#success
The Prostate Forum of Orange County is holding its monthly meeting for newbies
on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from 5-7 p.m. PST. Charles Metzger, M.D. (retired), and AS vet Ira Kaget are hosting.
Join the zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87525363498 Meeting ID: 875 2536 3498
Hi everyone. THIS Wednesday at 4:00 pm is our next Active Surveillance Virtual Support Group ZOOM Meeting.
I will be traveling, so you will be in the capable hands of Joel this time. Have a great meeting!
Post any questions you have here, or just bring them to the meeting.
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Active Surveillance Virtual Support Group from Cancer ABCs will meet at 4 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, March 9.
Join here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86292743989?pwd=MlVGSzhlZDlqMjlPeWZyRkNlRUhGdz09
The AnCan Virtual Support Group is holding its support meeting at 8 p.m. Eastern the first four Wednesdays of each month.
Drop in at:
Barniskis Room: https://www.gotomeet.me/AnswerCancer
Phone: https://ancan.org/groups/joining-instructions/
Active Surveillance Nationwide Support Group in Canada will meet Thursday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m. Pacific/ 7:30 pm Eastern. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdumhqT0sGdBgJVvLIcuu3PeaKopCGEpo?mc_cid=8691bbf9ab&mc_eid=bd75176b04
AnCan is holding its First Wednesday webinar at 8-9:30 p.m. Eastern April 6. Christopher Wallis, MD, PhD, of the University of Toronto, will speak about decisional regret by men on low-risk prostate cancer. He also will be taking questions about AS and prostate cancer from the audience.
Jim Schraidt will be the moderator.
Just drop in at the Barniskis Room: https://www.gotomeet.me/AnswerCancer
Phone: https://ancan.org/groups/joining-instructions/
Active Surveillance Patients International is holding a webinar entitled “Compassionate Care: Reducing Anxiety” on March 26 at 121:30 p.m. Eastern.
To register, go to: https://aspatients.org/event/compassionate-care-reducing-anxiety/
Help the IMPROVER (Involving Men with Prostate Cancer in Engaged Research, funded by the Irish Research Council. Americans and Canadians are welcome.
Go to : https://bit.ly/3vChk4y
Most important: Please take TheActiveSurveillor.com survey on transperineal v. transrectal biopsies. Go to https://bit.ly/35mD6OY
Some interesting trends are emerging. Hope to see if they hold up with more data.