PCaI patient conferences past and future

As a small not-for profit with limited funding, it can take Prostate Cancer International (PCaI) a little longer to do some things than we would like. However, … READ MORE …

Patient education / information meeting in Fort Myers, FL, in March

Prostate Cancer International (PCaI) will be holding its next patient education / information meeting in Fort Myers, FL, on March 2, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For complete details of the meeting agenda, the speakers, how to register, and other facts, please click here. … READ MORE …

“Prostate Cancer Today” — Dr. Frans Debruyne joins meeting faculty

This will be our last reminder that Prostate Cancer International is holding its second annual prostate cancer patient meeting (“Prostate Cancer Today: Living Well; Choosing Wisely”) on October 13, 2018, in Virginia Beach, near Norfolk, Virginia, USA. As of this morning we have > 170 advance registrants for this meeting. … READ MORE …

“Prostate Cancer Today” — patient education meeting in Virginia Beach

This is another reminder that Prostate Cancer International will be holding its second annual prostate cancer patient meeting (“Prostate Cancer Today: Living Well; Choosing Wisely”) on October 13, 2018, in Virginia Beach, near Norfolk, Virginia, USA. … READ MORE …

“Prostate Cancer Today”, October 13, 2018 (in Norfolk, VA)

This is an initial announcement that Prostate Cancer International will be holding its second annual prostate cancer patient meeting (“Prostate Cancer Today: Living Well; Choosing Wisely”) on October 13, 2018, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. … READ MORE …

Abstracts of presentations at the upcoming AUA meeting now on line

The American Urological Association (AUA) made abstracts of (nearly) all presentations to be given at this year’s upcoming annual meeting available on line this morning. Those who are interested can click here to review all the abstracts.

On active and proactive surveillance

Once upon a time (and not so long ago) newly diagnosed men with some types of prostate cancer used to think your sitemaster was out of his tiny mind when he would suggest to them that they might be wise to just monitor their situation rather than rush into treatment. … READ MORE …

What’s been on the agenda at the annual meeting of the SUO?

The annual meeting of the Society for Urologic Oncology (SUO) has been been taking place in Washington, DC, over the past couple of days, and yesterday was devoted primarily to prostate cancer. … READ MORE …

ASCO abstracts now available on line

The American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) just released the abstracts for the hundreds of presentations and posters that will be given at the upcoming annual meeting of ASCO in June in Chicago. … READ MORE …

Genitourinary Cancers Symposium: abstracts later today

For those who are interested, the abstracts of all the papers to be presented at this week’s upcoming Genitourinary Cancers Symposium are due to be released by the American Society for Clinical Oncology later today. … READ MORE …

Prostate Cancer Evidence Academy meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is organizing a “first of its kind”, all-day Prostate Cancer Evidence Academy meeting in Philadelphia on November 13, 2015. Your sitemaster has been invited to coordinate a session on patient advocacy and education at that meeting. … READ MORE …

This year’s crop of ASCO abstracts now available on line

Before we have even made it to the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA, starting in New Orleans tomorrow), the abstracts for the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO, starting in Chicago in another couple of weeks) have now been made available. … READ MORE …

ASCO abstracts to go on line at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on May 14

According to a statement made by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) this afternoon, the abstracts for papers being presented at the 50th annual meeting of ASCO will be posted on the meeting web site at 5:00p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, May 14 upcoming. … READ MORE …