December 2024
Includes: Enzyme study, Microwave ablation, Docetaxel improves survival, Prostate Cancer overtreatment, Mushroom supplement, Omega-3 protects against cancer, and more!
MONTHLY MEETING: TAKING A HOLIDAY BREAK. See you in the new year, Wednesday, February 19th. RSVP info here.
A Prostate Cancer Support Group
Includes: Enzyme study, Microwave ablation, Docetaxel improves survival, Prostate Cancer overtreatment, Mushroom supplement, Omega-3 protects against cancer, and more!
Counselling Therapist Jeremiah La Follette joins us for a motivational talk about how to turn the anticipatory grief of a prostate cancer diagnosis into a source of strength and power by using pragmatic thinking and step by step action – to thrive beyond diagnosis as a warrior.
Includes: How to deal with prostate cancer day to day, Nanoparticle Therapy Offers New Hope, New Treatment for Aggressive Prostate Cancer, and more!
Sean Secord, VP of Clinical Engagement at Nanostics Inc. comes to speak of the groundbreaking work that has been done to enhance the precision of PSA and MRI testing using machine learning under the new ClarityDX service.
Includes: ClarityDX, New prostate biopsy technique lowers infection risk, What drugs to use first, Trial could lead to new ‘gold standard’ test for PC, and more!
Linda Vorster from Audiology Innovations joins us to discuss hearing loss and the solutions we can use to ensure good hearing throughout our years. Linda explains the features of the latest hearing aids, and strategies to make sure you are training your brain properly to be able to listen.
Includes: Light up in Blue, MRI may help predict more aggressive prostate cancer, suicides and deaths up for spouses of patients with cancer, and more!
Reanne Booker is an oncology and palliative care nurse practitioner with over 20 years’ experience in cancer care. This presentation covers an overview of the potential changes in sexual health and intimacy that can occur after a prostate cancer diagnosis. Strategies and therapeutic options to manage intimacy are shared.
Includes: Optimizing Sexual Well-Being, PSMA PET Beats MRI in prostate cancer staging study, LGBTQ + Cancer survivor’s more likely to have chronic conditions, and more!
Includes: Summer Picnic, ClarityDX, Better Enzalutamide Outcomes, Research Team Identifies New Way to Treat Prostate Cancer, Glowing Dye May Help Surgeons, and more!