Webinar: Is Focal Therapy Right for YOUR Prostate Cancer?

Webinar: Is Focal Therapy Right for YOUR Prostate Cancer?

There’s no magic bullet in this prostate cancer game… not even focal therapies, good as they sound.

Listen to world expert Dr. Laurence Klotz speak about what makes a good candidate – and why some come out free of side effects while recurrence may be on the cards for others.

What are the different types of focal therapy and is one better than the other?

Most important for YOU – who’s a good candidate, and who may get suckered by a white shoed urologist??

Join us to find out!

Watch here:

 

Special thanks to Bayer, Pfizer, Myovant Sciences, Foundation Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Janssen – Johnson & Johnson, Telix, and Blue Earth Diagnostics for sponsoring this webinar.

 

For information on our peer-led video chat PROSTATE CANCER VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, click here.

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Webinar: Is Focal Therapy Right for YOUR Prostate Cancer?

Webinar: How and Why Prostate Cancer Genomic Tests Work

How bad is my prostate cancer??? We’ve all asked ourselves that! Today there are tests to predict its gravity early in the diagnosis and after surgery.

How do these tests work?
… what’s inside the ‘black box’ that makes it an accurate crystal ball?
… and are all tests born equal?
… the test manufacturers won’t say BUT one doc who will is Dr. Todd Morgan – he’s looked inside all of them.

Dr. Morgan is Chief Urologist at the University of Michigan and leads the MUSIC* program.

He will discuss:

the difference between inherited and somatic testing
who should undergo genomic testing
how tests are able to predict
his upcoming randomized trial comparing the leading genomic tests, Decipher, Prolaris, and Oncotype DX
… and more including your questions

* Michigan Urological Surgery and Improvement Collaborative

Dr. Morgan has served on several national guideline committees, including the American Urological Association’s Advanced Prostate Cancer Guidelines, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Prostate Cancer Early Detection Guidelines, the American Society for Clinical Oncology’s Localized Prostate Cancer Guidelines, and the ASCO Molecular Markers for Prostate Cancer Guidelines.

Watch here:

 

Special thanks to Bayer, Pfizer, Myovant Sciences, Foundation Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Janssen – Johnson & Johnson, Telix, and Blue Earth Diagnostics for sponsoring this webinar.

 

For information on our peer-led video chat PROSTATE CANCER VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, click here.

To SIGN UP for any of our Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.

Webinar: Is Focal Therapy Right for YOUR Prostate Cancer?

Webinar: PARP-Inhibitors and Prostate Cancer – Gotta Have a Mutation???

Parp-Inhibitors have long been on AnCan’s radar since our dear departed Boardie, Dr. Bill Burhans, found himself with olaparib in his lab in 2015 and convinced his tumor board to prescribe it along with abiraterone for his BRCA2 mutation.

Question is …

What’s a PARP-Inhibitor, and what does it do?

Who benefits from a PARP?

Do PARP-I’s work for everybody?

How can a PARP-I be used for prostate cancer?

AnCan brings you two experts to discuss. Dr. Pamela Munster of the UCSF BRCA Research Institute with her unique peer perspective, and Dr. Neal Shore who just released the TALAPRO-2 Study using a PARP with Xtandi.

 

Watch here:

 

 

Special thanks to Bayer, Pfizer, Myovant Sciences, Foundation Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Janssen – Johnson & Johnson, Telix, and Blue Earth Diagnostics for sponsoring this webinar.

 

 

For information on our peer-led video chat PROSTATE CANCER VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, click here.

To SIGN UP for any of our Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.

Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 27, 2023

Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 27, 2023

Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 27, 2023

AnCan is grateful to the following sponsors for making this recording possible: Bayer, Foundation Medicine, Pfizer, Janssen, Myriad Genetics, Myovant, Telix & Blue Earth Diagnostics

AnCan’s Prostate Cancer Forum is back (https://ancan.org/forums). If you’d like to comment on anything you see in our Recordings or read in our Reminders, just sign up and go right ahead. You can also click on the Forum icon at the top right of the webpage.

WEBINAR this week … PARP-Inhibitors and their role treating Prostate Cancer. Who saw the FDA approval for Talapro + Xtandi this week? Hear one of the investigators talk about this combo on Thu June 29. Register at  https://tinyurl.com/ancanparpwebinar

All AnCan’s groups are free and drop-in … join us in person sometime! You can find out more about our 12 monthly prostate cancer meetings at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/  Sign up to receive a weekly Reminder/Newsletter for this Group or others at https://ancan.org/contact-us/

Join our other free and drop in groups: Men (Only) Speaking Freely…1st & 3rd Thursdays @ 8.00 pm Eastern https://ancan.org/men-speaking-freely/         Veterans Healthcare… 4th Thursday @ 8.00 pm Eastern https://ancan.org/veterans/

Editor’s pick: Where next when standard treatments are behind you? (bn)

Topics discussed

Chance a risky trial hundreds of miles away?; think ahead before firing the last bullet; mixed reviews of Cancer Commons; “too old for a PSA test” and now metastatic; what’s “Pluvicto” in Canadian?; one man, two dueling prostate cancers; making it through Pluvicto; check for PSMA avidity before a pricey treatment; will Pluvicto last?; facing chemo after six lucky years on ADT; after success with triplet therapy, time for drug holiday?; new man starting Keytruda; bad cancer + low PSA?; shrinking the unshrinkable prostate; turned away at OHSU and seeking something comparable; magnesium for neutropenia; BAT is no home run; what counts as exercise?

Chat Log

Mark Finn · 7:06 PM
Rick – finishing up packing for camping trip. Will have to depart soon.

David Muslin · 7:07 PM
Have fun Mark Finn

Ben Nathanson · 7:19 PM
Pluvicto – generic “lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan” – formerly “Lu-177 PSMA-617”

Frank Fabish Columbus OH · 7:32 PM
Got to go guys. Thanks again for good info. see you next Monday.

David Muslin · 7:48 PM
Got to roll men. See y’all next week.

AnCan – rick · 7:49 PM
646-749-3129 222 583 973

Steve Schuler · 7:49 PM
I think my laptop needs a reboot

Steve Schuler · 7:50 PM
My question was really simple actually: any suggestions in the northwest for good med oncologists for second opinions?

Bob G · 7:50 PM
Gotta go. Fatigue kicking in.

Steve Schuler · 7:51 PM
Yes, I’ve tried both the ear buds and now the laptop microphone, and neither is working for the microphone

Steve Schuler · 7:53 PM
Washington, Oregon, or I am also looking now at CA (San Francisco). I am willing to travel some. I am in Seattle

AnCan – rick · 7:53 PM
I’ll ask ….

Julian – Houston · 7:54 PM
Go to go – see you next week!

Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 27, 2023

Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 19, 2023

Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 19, 2023

AnCan is grateful to the following sponsors for making this recording possible: Bayer, Foundation Medicine, Pfizer, Janssen, Myriad Genetics, Myovant, Telix & Blue Earth Diagnostics

AnCan’s Prostate Cancer Forum is back (https://ancan.org/forums). If you’d like to comment on anything you see in our Recordings or read in our Reminders, just sign up and go right ahead. You can also click on the Forum icon at the top right of the webpage.

WEBINAR next week … PARP-Inhibitors and their role treating Prostate Cancer. Who saw the FDA approval for Talapro + Xtandi this week? Hear one of the investigators talk about this combo on Thu June 29. Register at   https://tinyurl.com/ancanparpwebinar

All AnCan’s groups are free and drop-in … join us in person sometime! You can find out more about our 12 monthly prostate cancer meetings at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/  Sign up to receive a weekly Reminder/Newsletter for this Group or others at https://ancan.org/contact-us/

Join our other free and drop in groups: Men (Only) Speaking Freely…1st & 3rd Thursdays @ 8.00 pm Eastern https://ancan.org/men-speaking-freely/         Veterans Healthcare… 4th Thursday @ 8.00 pm Eastern https://ancan.org/veterans/

Editor’s Pick: Hot flashes flare up! (rd)

Topics Discussed

Switching to darolutamide; is ARV7 still relevant?; cabazitaxel (Jevtana) vs docetaxel (Taxotere); mega fatigue may warrant a drug holiday; starting Pluvicto on top of chemo; Ambrx ARX517 trial; troublesome hot flashes are a flashpoint; picking the right GU med onc; starting immunotherapy while tapering on steroids; pectin supplements

Chat Log

Len Sierra sent · 5:28 PM Darolutamide inhibited the transcriptional activity of AR mutants identified in the plasma of CRPC patients progressing on traditional therapies. In particular, darolutamide significantly inhibited the transcriptional activity of the F877L, H875Y/T878A, F877L/T878A, and the previously unreported T878G AR mutants, that transform enzalutamide into a partial agonist.

John A sent · 5:33 PM Liu et al. Selective degradation of AR-V7 to overcome castration resistance of prostate cancer. Cell Death Dis. 2021

AnCan – rick sent · 5:38 PM Oliver Sartor now at Mayo

AnCan – rick sent · 5:49 PM Depo-Provera

George Southiere sent · 5:56 PM ACTH(adrenocorticotrphic) stimulation test = patient given ACTH and adrenal gland function is assessed- usually done by Endocrinologist

John A sent · 5:57 PM thanks

George Pat Martin sent · 6:00 PM I’m worn out. Gonna log off . be back next week

AnCan – rick sent · 6:04 PM Venlafaxine

Len Sierra sent · 6:05 PM https://embrlabs.com/products/embr-wave-2

AnCan – rick sent · 6:07 PM Embr watch.. d/c

Ancan50 sent · 6:07 PM Depo provera

George Southiere sent · 6:08 PM Gabapentin has helped me due to my severe neuropathy and has helped the hot flashes for me

sent · 6:09 PM I take 600mg gabapentin 3 times a day now. It never helped with my hot flashes.

Len Sierra sent · 6:37 PM modified citrus pectin (MCP) increases the prostate-specific antigen doubling time in men with prostate cancer: a phase II pilot study

Len Sierra sent · 6:39 PM 1. Modified citrus pectin (MCP) increases the prostate-specific antigen doubling time in men with prostate cancer: a phase II pilot study

Len Sierra sent · 6:40 PM https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14663471/

Salvador sent · 6:43 PM Thank You for your feedback.

Chip & Jane sent · 6:48 PM G’nite All.. thanks for the fine discussion.

George Rovder, Arlington VA sent · 6:52 PM Thank you all. Good Night.

Salvador sent · 6:53 PM Thank You everyone, I learned a lot tonight

Terrill SF sent · 6:53 PM Thank you all. Good Night.