Here are some AS-related events you may want to attend:
January 29 at 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern. Anxious surveillance.
Active Surveillance Patients International is presenting Anxious Surveillance: Coping with Anxiety and Active Surveillance.
The program features psychologist Lara Bellardita, Ph.D., Psy.D, of the National Cancer Institute in Milan, Italy. who for more than a decade has pioneered research on the psychological issues faced by men on active surveillance.
Register here: https://aspatients.org/event/anxious-surveillance-coping-with-anxiety-and-active-surveillance
January 31 at 8-9:30 p.m. Eastern. More than just AS: Sex and the Cancer Patient.
AnCan, the mothership, is sponsoring a webinar with an expert on sexuality.
The program is entitled Cancer, Chronic Illness, and Intimacy.
It features Dr. Rachel Rubin, with no topics off-limits, get your sexual health questions answered.
Register now by clicking here!
February 1, 7-8 p.m. Pacific time. Above and below the 49th parallel.
Are active surveillance and other prostate cancer topics identical on either side of the U.S.-Canada border? Inquiring minds want to know.
Celestia “Tia” Higano, MD, who has cared for patients on both sides of the border, will tell all in a webinar sponsored by Vancouver-based Tri-Cities Prostate Cancer Support and Awareness Group in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Her program is entitled "Prostate Cancer Research, Education and Treatment Across Two Sides of the Border.”
Join the Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85938513944?pwd=c01kcysvcE80TFdaa0x1UTRTZS9LZz09
Higano was formerly a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Urology, Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington, and the Clinical Division of Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia. She has been the Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Supportive Care Program at the Vancouver Prostate Centre since 2013.
Higano received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She was an oncology fellow at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington. Higano is an internationally renowned expert and clinical researcher focusing on prostate cancer. At UW, she led the prostate cancer clinical research group that participated in developing agents such as zoledronic acid, sipuleucel-T, enzalutamide, apalutamide, abiraterone, and radium 223.
February 26 at 12-1:30 p.m. Cultcha and the prostate.
Now for something completely different--a historical and sociological view of the prostate. The program is entitled: A Cultural Biography of the Prostate: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Ericka Johnson, PhD, professor of gender and society, Linköping University, Sweden, will talk about her new book, "A Cultural Biography of the Prostate" (MIT Press, 2021.) She examines the gland from a societal and historical point of view; the mistreatment and manhandling of men and their prostates throughout history, how the same surgical group that created the mastectomy went on to roll out the prostatectomy, how famed medical artists did not take note of the prostate until the 15th century, and more. She promises to share her views on AS--not covered in the book.
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdeugqDosHdPjr1Qtg1ZtqswYOE_aDq4p
March 4-8. Climbing the ZERO Summit.
Mark your calendar.
Joe Gallo, Jim Schraidt, and me, all moderators for the AnCan/ZERO/US TOO Virtual Support Group for AS, will be holding a special support group on AS at the ZERO Summit. We meet at 11 a.m. Eastern March 7.
You can register directly here:
ZERO Prostate Cancer Summit | ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer (zerocancer.org)
For more detailed information and to register click the below link: