We hope that you enjoyed the holiday season and are off to a great start in 2018!
Titles of recent Prostate Cancer News You Can Use articles are listed below followed by a link to the Us TOO web page that provides access to the full text.
We thank everyone who donated to the Us TOO Holiday Hope campaign, which generated funding for the educational resources and support services provided by Us TOO at no charge. We’d also like to send a special shout out of thanks to support group leaders and others in the community who shared a quote or story of hope for the fundraising campaign (
CLICK HERE).
If you’d like to start a new Us TOO support groupor see a video message from current support group leaders who explain the “give & get” of volunteering to lead a support groupCLICK HERE.
If you’d like to find an Us TOO prostate cancer support groupCLICK HERE.
As we begin the New Year, Us TOO is excited to be partnering with Imerman Angels to provide additional peer-to-peer support services to the prostate cancer community:http://www.ustoo.org/One-on-One-Support.
We will continue to provide the toll-free Us TOO Prostate Cancer HelpLine 1-800-808-7866 (1-800-80-US-TOO) to answer questions and connect callers to response team volunteers who had a similar treatment or side effect. In addition, we invite you to register for the free services from Imerman Angels with support from experienced “Mentor Angels” selected based on criteria that includes age, gender, lifestyle, and cancer experience.CLICK HEREto read the press release announcing the partnership.
We also encourage you to check outCancer.com– a new online resource that features cancer information categorized by topic. Content is tailored to each visitor based on cancer type (including prostate cancer) and the various points in the cancer journey. It offers a wealth of resources, including an exclusive digital health coaching tool developed by Johnson & Johnson behavior scientists that aims to pave a path to better health outcomes. Janssen Oncology built, and continues to develop, Cancer.com through close collaboration with trusted and leading members of the oncology community.
NEWS YOU CAN USE ARTICLES:
Please note that the content below lists only the title of the article rather than a direct link to the content. For access to the full articleCLICK HERE.
Breakthroughs in understanding the genetic basis of aggressive prostate cancer
Researchers from University of Chicago Provide Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Prostatectomy (Managing Cancer Relapse After...
PET identifies which prostate cancer patients can benefit from salvage radiation treatment
Findings on Prostate Cancer Detailed by G. Ploussard and Co-Authors (Robotic surgery in urology: facts and reality what are the real advantages of...
University of Palermo Reports Findings in Prostate Cancer (The Clinical Efficacy of Radium-223 for Bone Metastasis in Patients with...
Researchers at University Hospital Bonn Release New Data on Prostate Cancer (Predictors of overall survival in metastatic castration-resistant...
New Findings on Prostate Cancer Discussed by Researchers at University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital (Repeat multiparametric MRI in...
A kiss of death for prostate cancer
Watch for the February 2018 issue of the Us TOO Hot SHEET newsletter later this month.
Take care, stay warm and let us know how we can help you with prostate cancer educational resources and support services.
All the best,
Chuck Strand, Chief Executive Officer
Jackie Konieczka, Office Manager
Terri Likowski, Program Director - Support Group Services
