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Greetings,
We are pleased to present you with the September issue of Prostate Cancer News You Can Use. Every month we send this email to share prostate cancer headlines, as well as other information, resources, and event listings which you might find useful.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. What prostate cancer support and education events are happening during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month? Check the calendar! The Prostate Cancer Calendar webpage is a resource for the entire prostate cancer community. If you are looking for a prostate cancer event, please check the calendar. If you have a support group, webinar, seminar, or other prostate cancer event that will benefit the community, you can post it right to the calendar at www.prostatecancercalendar.org. Please let us know what you are doing to promote awareness this September!
SEA Blue 2021 Goes Virtual
The SEA Blue 2021 Prostate Cancer Walk and Run is less than two weeks away on September 26th at 9:30am Central. As we have mentioned in previous emails, the event will now be virtual in nature. We would love to have everyone join us for SEA Blue via the Charge Running App. Using the free app, we will all be able to get together virtually to walk or run at the same time, no matter where the location. You can use the app to access live coaching, music, chat with other participants, and see live walk and run results. Register or donate at www.seablueprostatewalk.org. All funds raised will go to provide Support, Education, Advocacy, and Awareness (the SEA in SEA Blue) for those affected by prostate cancer.
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Us TOO 2021 Webinar Series
Us TOO has just finished its 2021 webinar series, "What is Right for Me in My Prostate Cancer Treatment?" If you missed any of the series, or would like to watch any of the episodes again, you can find them all posted at www.ustoo.org/ustoo-video. Topics include: Bone Health and Nutrition, Shared Decision Making, Biomarkers, Imaging, and Genetics and Genomics. Thanks to all the doctors, sponsors, and attendees for making this series a success.
Other Webinars and Events
Join Dr. Adam Murphy and Dr. Jeffrey Albaugh on Monday, September 20th at 6pm Central for a live, virtual discussion about prostate cancer and its impact on relationships. Patients, partners, and family members are invited. Register at www.cancer.northwestern.edu/events/public/prostate.
For those in Tempe, AZ on September 25th, join Prostate On-Site Project for their Walk & Bag 4 POP Cornhole Tournament. For more information and registration, visit www.prostatecheckup.org/walk-for-pop.
Join Dr. Laurence Klotz of Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto who will be speaking to the AnCan Active Surveillance Virtual Support Group on September 29th at 8 pm ET. The program is entitled "Active Surveillance: Past, Present, and Future." Dr. Klotz is one of the pioneers of active surveillance for low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer. His clinical research interests have been in the areas of active surveillance, image-guided therapy, molecular biomarkers, and androgen receptor-targeted therapy. Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/839928344883864331.
Join ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer for their Racial Disparities Task Force Town Hall on September 30th at 10am ET. Black men are 1.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 2.2 times more likely to die from the disease. Recent research suggests that these differences in health outcomes are likely caused by several factors within the U.S. healthcare system including access to care, insurance status, racial biases, and distrust in the medical system – it cannot be solely explained by genetic differences. Bring your thoughts and questions and be part of an interactive discussion with our Racial Disparities Task Force Co-Chairs, Robert Ginyard and Dr. Kelvin Moses. They’ll be joined by ZERO’s new Vice President of Health Equity, and ZERO's CEO Jamie Bearse to discuss the progress that has been made since the launch of the Task Force and the road map forward. Register at https://zerocancer.org/sep30-townhall.
The Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Initiative
Check out our Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Initiative webpage for links to resources, videos, podcasts, and more at www.ustoo.org/blackmen. To be added to the alert list for the Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Virtual Support Group, visit www.ustoo.org/blackmenssupport. The Support Group meets monthly and has a new Facebook group for community discussion.
Veterans Survey
Veterans have an incidence rate for prostate cancer that is twice that of the general population. ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer is committed to bringing the Veterans community the resources, tools, and education needed to fight and detect prostate cancer even in its earliest stages. If you are a Veteran, please consider providing your feedback in a survey to help ZERO provide the most impactful programs to improve the lives of men and families. ZERO will use this information to help make decisions on how to best meet the educational and awareness needs of Veterans who are at risk of or have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. It may also be used for policy research purposes. This survey is anonymous unless you decide to provide your contact information at the end of the survey. The survey should only take between 10-20 minutes to complete and it will be open through September. To take the survey, please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VC9RJBK.
Virtual Support Groups
Us TOO has virtual prostate cancer support groups that continue to meet regularly and host guest speakers. These meetings can be accessed by phone or by internet, and can be attended from any location. For a list of groups, please visit www.ustoo.org/virtual-ustoo-support-groups.
NEWS YOU CAN USE ARTICLES:
We’re pleased to provide you with some of the latest Prostate Cancer News You Can Use. Please note that only the titles of the articles are listed and they are not direct links to the content. To access the full articles CLICK HERE.
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network Shares Latest Expert Recommendations for Prostate Cancer in Spanish and Portuguese
- Urology Researchers Find Results Vary with BPO Interventions After Surgery
- One-Half of Patients with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Switch from Active Surveillance to Active Treatment
- September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Detail New Studies and Findings in the Area of Prostate Cancer (Elevated Testosterone on Immunoassay in a Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Following Androgen...)
Take care, and best wishes to you,
Marty Chakoian and the Us TOO Team
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Marty Chakoian, Board Chair
James Hutson, Development Director
Tracy Cameron, Office Manager
Terri Likowski, Program Director - Support Group Services
Tim Mix, Communications Director
Rebecca Bouck, Project Manager
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