MONTHLY MEETING: Dr. Linda Carlson talks Mindfulness for Managing Stress on Wed, Sept. 17th at CKE Community Centre. RSVP info here.
A Prostate Cancer Support Group
Our 2023 Pathfinder Award winner is Dr. John Lewis, a “research rockstar” who recently pioneered a new PSA Test using AI for enhanced precision called Clarity DX. Dr. Lewis accepts his award with a talk on how prostate cancer research has changed and evolved in the 7 years since we last spoke with him.
Includes: Dr. John Lewis 2023 Pathfinder Award Recipient, Black Men and Prostate Cancer, Save Your Sex Life After PC Treatment, and more!
Includes: Latest news from the Prostate Cancer Centre, Radiation Therapy Improves Outcomes, Psychological Aspect of Erectile Dysfunction, and more!
Julianna Dreger & Jocelyn Cannon from the Health & Wellness Lab at the U of C give us a “moving” talk about how exercise is a safe and beneficial practice at any stage of the cancer experience.
Includes: Project EXCEL, Member Story, Sexual Structure Sparing for Radiotherapy, 177Lutetium Efficacy, Predicting Prostate Cancer in PSA Grey Zone, and more!
Includes: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Light Up in Blue, Biomarkers may help Black men at risk, Exercise interventions improve sexual dysfunction recovery, and more!
Dr. Desmond Pink and Dr. Argo Basu of Nanostics Inc. share their groundbreaking work in prostate cancer screening which has led them to the creation of the ClarityDX Prostate test.
Includes: Indigenous Men Less Likely to Receive PSA Testing, Diagnosis less likely in Obese men, Bacterial colonization in penile implants, and more!
On the year of its 30th anniversary, two of PROSTAID’s past-presidents and key figures, Ron Gorham and Bob Shiell, share their recollections of the organization, their journeys with prostate cancer and how far we’ve all come from 1993.
Dr. Tarek Bismar, from the School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, gives us an update on the molecular work he’s been doing with prostate cancer in his labs, and his hope for establishing a molecular platform for prostate cancer patients in Alberta.