January 2023
Includes: President’s Message, Contribute your Genetic Profile to Help Prostate Cancer Research, Ivermectin for Cancer Treatment, Improving Sexual Health of Couples, and more!
Treatment Intensification in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
PROSTAID Calgary’s 2022 Pathfinder Award went to Dr. Geoffrey Gotto, who presented on new research and innovations in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (MCSPC) that is leading to longer survival and greater quality of life in prostate cancer patients who do combinations of treatments to combat the cancer.
December 2022
Includes: 2022 Pathfinder Award, Prostatitis and risk of Prostate Cancer, The Standard of Care for Low Risk Prostate Cancer, Delayed Urologic Cancer Care during COVID-19, and more!
November 2022
Includes: Hybrid meeting details, call for participants for new MRU study, 2022 Pathfinder Award recipient revealed, Stress can increase cancer mortality, PTSD in prostate cancer patients, and more!
October 2022
Includes: New meeting space and focus groups for next meeting, The Changing Landscape of Systemic Therapy, How to Read a Genomic Testing Report, Prognosis of prostate cancer patients improved, and more!
September 2022
Includes: Return to Face-to-Face meetings at Grey Eagle, Entering a New Era of Robotic Surgery, Understanding the Mechanisms of Exercise as Medicine to Increase Prostate Cancer Survival, and more!
August 2022
Includes: 50/50 Fundraising Raffle, Transforming Cancer Treatment with a Tablespoon of Blood, Best Prostate Biopsy Techniques in 2022, Prostate Cancer Virtual Conference, and more!
July 2022
Includes: PROSTAID 50/50 Fundraising Raffle, Membership Door Prize Winner Announced, iSTRIDE Research Study, Treatment of the Primary or Local Relapse in nmCRPC, CADTH Study Participants Needed, and more!
June 2022
Includes: Guest Speaker Bob Molle bio, Remembering Stewart Campbell, AGM Door Prize, Relationship between PSA and Testosterone levels in Men, Impact of Next Generation Imaging, Patients with metastatic prostate cancer living significantly longer, Canadian Cancer Survivor Network survey, and more!
Managing Stress During a Cancer Journey
Clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Calgary, Dr. Linda Carlson returns to PROSTAID to give us some strategies on how to deal with stress, including approaches to breathing and mindfulness. The talk ends with some meditative exercises that will be sure to calm you and give you a new understanding of Integrative Oncology.