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New Therapies for Prostate Cancer: The Practicalities
Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA
Published Online: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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February 2007 Dr. Robert Nam speaks on Radical Prostatectomy

Dr. Robert Nam and Winston Klass at our Feb. 21/07 Awareness Meeting – Slideshow
Read about it in our April 2007 ‘Awareness’ Newsletter.

March 2007 Dr. Andrew Loblaw speaks on “Hormone Therapy after Radiation, Brachytherapy: Seed Implants & HDR”

Winston Klass and Dr. Andrew Loblaw at our March 21, 2007 Awareness Meeting

Dr. Andrew Loblaw addresses ‘Man to Man’ on the topic:”Hormone Therapy after Radiation, Brachytherapy: Seed Implants & HDR” at our March 21, 2007 Awareness Meeting
Read about it in our April 2007 ‘Awareness’ Newsletter.

May 2007 Dr. Scott Berry spoke on Late-Stage Prostate
Cancer

Chairman Aaron Bacher, guest speaker Dr. Scott Berry, and the late Rudy Philipp, who introduced
and thanked our guest speaker at our Awareness Night, May 23, 2007.
Read about it in our August 2007 ‘Awareness’ Newsletter.

July 2007 Dr. Charles Catton speaks on Radiation Therapy


Our July 25, 2007 guest speaker Dr. Charles Catton, from Princess Margaret Hospital, with Awareness Night meeting coordinator Winston Klass.
Read about it in our August 2007 ‘Awareness’ Newsletter.

September 2007 Dr. Tony Finelli Discusses
Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy


Chairman Aaron Bacher with our September 2007 Awareness Night speaker Dr. Tony Finelli.
Read about it in our December 2007 ‘Awareness’ newsletter.

November 2007 Dr. Sidney Radomski, talked about incontinence and erectile dysfunction


Our November 2007 guest speaker, Dr. Sidney Radomski, talked about incontinence and erectile dysfunction to what we believe was the largest Awareness Night audience in our thirteen-year history of hosting these meetings at the Toronto Botanical Garden. It was another very successful evening and a great way of ending our 2007 Awareness Night program.
Read about it in our December 2007 ‘Awareness’ newsletter.

May 2008 Dr. Joseph Chin from London, Ontario Explains Robotic Surgery and HIFU

Chairman Aaron Bacher with our May 2008 Awareness Night guest speaker Dr.Joseph Chin, from London Ontario.

Read about it our September 2008 ‘Awareness’ Newsletter

March 2008 Dr. Roger Buckley (North York General Hospital) Teaches Us “Prostate Cancer 101 – The Journey”

Our March 2008 Awareness Night guest speaker Dr. Roger Buckley (North York General Hospital) and Man to Man Awareness Night Coordinator Winston Klass.

Read about it in our April 2008 ‘Awareness’ Newsletter.

The March 2012 Newsletter is available by clicking here.

Some of the content:
·         Dr. Finelli discusses types of surgery
·         PCCN-Toronto enters team in 2012 Father’s Day Walk/Run
·         Two dieticians headline our next Scotiabank Awareness Night meeting
·         TIEd Together Photo Exhibit
·         New Board of Director and Treasurer added
·         Meet Bill Sceviour, board member and survivor
·         PCCN Leader’s Conference heading to Regina
·         Tino Cotaras retires
·         Meet Scotiabank’s Janet Slasor
·         The PEARL opens at the Odette Cancer Centre

PCCN-Toronto ScotiaBank Awareness Night Videos

As of November 24, 2010, PCCN-Toronto has started producing videos of our popular “ScotiaBank Awareness Night” meetings, featuring the leaders in prostate cancer treatment.  For those who are unable to attend an Awareness Night meeting, or attendees who might not recall all the details of the evening’s presentation, there is now a means of watching the program at your convenience.  We hope that many other prostate cancer support groups will find these videos useful.

These are most easily accessed by going to Awareness Nights/Videos and then selecting the video of interest.  They are also available from the ScotiaBank Awareness Nights page and clicking on the (View Video) link for the night of interest.  They are also cross posted under the topic covered.   Hover over the categories to the right to see the topics.  Note: not all posts to these categories are videos.

Our videos are HD (High Definition) to take advantage of new HD television sets that have Internet reception or are connected to computers or Internet devices. For convenience, they have been split in parts for viewing ease.  There is also a complete video of each presentation, but due to server limitations, they are Standard Definition (SD).

Other Videos

Links to some of the videos produced by others, such as PCCN-Calgary, are also provided.  They are available by hovering over the categories to the right and selecting the topic of interest.  Note: all posts under these topics are not videos, and the videos that we link to on other sites may not be in HD.)

From Prostate Cancer Canada Network Calgary, a 1:13 video:
Dr. Robert Buckman – Laughter: The 2nd Best Medicine
A similar presentation was made at our October 14, 2009  ScotiaBank Awareness Nights

Management of Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
Abstract

The management of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has taken several leaps forwards in the last two years, with the demonstration of improved overall survival with three novel agents (sipuleucel-T, cabazitaxel and abiraterone acetate) and a significant delay in skeletal-related events observed with denosumab.
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Dutasteride in localised prostate cancer management: the REDEEM randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Interpretation

Dutasteride could provide a beneficial adjunct to active surveillance for men with low-risk prostate cancer.

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