While we all must remain safe and socially distant due to COVID-19 restrictions, it is important for everyone to continue to monitor and address their health concerns, and stay connected to others. 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:

Join Us TOO New York on April 15, 6pm Eastern for their presentation: "Is There a Place for Psychiatric Medication When Dealing with Prostate Cancer?" The featured speaker will be Andrew J. Roth, MD - Attending Psychiatrist and Training Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine. Detailed information/instructions on how to sign up and access this meeting can be found at www.ustoonewyork.org.

Join Prostate Forum of Orange County on Thursday, April 22, 7pm - 8:30pm PDT for a discussion on the topic of “New Advances in Prostate Imaging and Image Guided Therapies.” The discussion will include: an overview of PSA screening controversy, and growing role of prostate MRI first; brief discussion on Pirads, and interesting MRI case review; concept of why focal therapy may make sense, and patient selection; and description of Tulsa Pro focal therapy, and its advantages. The event will feature Robert Princenthal, MD - President, Rolling Oaks Radiology; Director of Prostate Imaging, RadNet, Southern California. To register, email ProstateForumOC@gmail.com.

The Us TOO Seattle support group will meet on Wednesday, April 28, 6pm - 8pm PDT. The guest speaker will be Jan Manarite, the Executive Director of Cancer ABCs. Jan will be speaking on the topic, “Prostate Cancer Questions and Answers.” For more information or to sign up for this event, email Marty Chakoian at marty@chakoian.com.

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Us TOO offers virtual support for female caregivers of men with prostate cancer with A Forum for Her. For information on this group, visit www.ustoo.org/aforumforher. To join one of the Forum calls, or to volunteer to host a group for about an hour per month, please contact Terri Likowski at terril@ustoo.org.

We also offer support for gay men and their partners with A Prostate Cancer Forum for Gay Men and Their Partners. For information on the group, visit www.ustoo.org/forumforgaymen. To join one of these calls, please contact Terri Likowski at terril@ustoo.org.

AnCan offers a wide range of virtual support groups for men at every stage of prostate cancer. For more information, visit www.ancan.org/prostate-cancer.

The Reluctant Brotherhood hosts virtual meetings - "This call is for men living with cancer, any cancer at any stage. This is not a very technical call because we talk about what is going on inside our hearts and minds. We poke around with our emotional lives, the unmeasurable stuff." For information, please visit www.thereluctantbrotherhood.org.