Still time to attend the program tonight on exercise and its benefits for patients with low-risk prostate cancer
Two other "don't miss" programs coming on lifestyle and BPH
By Howard Wolinsky
Our colleagues from the Active Surveillance Nationwide Active Surveillance Support Group in Canada are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their excellent program.
Happy Birthday up, Richelle, Phil and Bob, and everyone else.
There’s still time to register and attend the program on exercise featuring a top Canadian researcher. The session runs from 7:30-9:30 p.m. EST tonight (May 12). Register here: https://bit.ly/AS1year
Dr. Kerry Courneya, a professor and Canada Research Chair in physical activity and cancer and director of the Behavioral Medicine Laboratory and Fitness Center at the University of Edmonton, has pioneered research on the importance of exercise for anxiety, fear of cancer progression, and quality of life in active surveillance patients.
Sign up for a free AnCan webinar on how lifestyle can affect prostate cancer.
AnCan is presenting a program on lifestyle choices and their impact all grades of prostate cancer at 8-9:30 p.m. Eastern on May 31. Register at: https://bit.ly/3KkxcfC
The webinar, entitled “Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer," features Dr. Stacy Loeb, professor of Urology and Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Dr. Justin Gregg, assistant professor of Urology and Health Disparities Research at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Active Surveillance Patients International and the AnCan Virtual Support Group for AS are teaming up for a program on BPH, an enlarged prostate, a not uncommon problem in patients on AS.
It’s a drop-in First Wednesday meeting. Go here for directions to the Barniskis Room to attend the free program, featuring BPH guru, Dr. Steven Kaplan: https://ancan.org/groups/joining-instructions/ Mark it on your calendar.
Did you miss the program on the future of : “Your Voice in the future of Active Surveillance,” on April 22.? Here’s the link: https://aspatients.org/meeting-videos/
A Who’s Who of experts joined the conversation along with patients and advocates, who were not too shabby either.