We had a fascinating webinar on August 29th, a debate on whether transrectal biopsies or transperineal biopsies are better for prostate cancer patients.
Don’t know the difference? No problem, this webinar will give lots of food for thought, and plenty to take back to the doctor’s office with you!
Deborah Kaye, MD, Assistant Professor Duke University Division of Urology and Duke Clinical Research Institute Margolis Policy Center, argued for transrectal biopsies. Arvin George, MD, a urologic surgeon specializing in the diagnosis and management of genitourinary cancers at University of Michigan Health, argued for transperineal procedures.
We have been reading all your feedback and taking it to heart, you want more information on this topic. To quote Rick Davis- “we hear ya!!”, and we are working on it.
Watch here:
Special thanks to Janssen, Pfizer, Bayer, Foundation Medicine, and Advanced Accelerator Applications for sponsoring this webinar.
We are working on slides – check back later.
To SIGN UP for any of our AnCan Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, June 14, 2022
Register for our upcoming webinar on June 29 on Genetics & Genomics at https://bit.ly/3QiNvxS
If you’re a Vet, AnCan will be launching a new Vets Group to help navigate medical care. First meeting Thu, June 23, at 8.00 pm Eastern in https://www.gotomeet.me/AnswerCancer. Free and drop-in as always!
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/
Editor’s Pick: Long term survival with metastatic PCa is this week’s recurring theme (rd)
Topics Discussed
Newbie joins us with Lynch Syndrome; anti-PD1 immuno side effects, MSI – and the swab test for sensitivity; darolutamide monotherapy; brain fog from HT; lung nodules ID’d as PCa; stable, long-trm survivor; supporting non-particpants; care partners extend survival; when’s the right time for Pluvicto?; BIG Pluvicto success
Chat Log
AnCan – rick (to Everyone): 3:09 PM: Peter – I spoke with Alexa today about saving the chat. Evidently it depends on how you join. She will provide an explanation and directions in all our future emails.
George Rovder Arlington VA (to Everyone): 3:41 PM: Thank you Jeff Marchi. I appreciate it and will check it out. George
Len Sierra (to Everyone): 3:49 PM: https://miradx.com/imudx-testing/ The Keytruda test: IMUDX swab test ImuDx Testing Populations Patients with any type of cancer who are being considered for anti-PD1 or anti-PDL1 therapy are eligible for testing. This test predicts the risk of developing immune related adverse events in response to anti-PD1 or anti-PDL1 treatment.
Herb Geller (to Everyone): 3:50 PM: Cardiac toxicity from checkpoing therapy can range from asymptomatic troponin-I elevations to conduction abnormalities of the heart and even fulminant myocarditis. Although rare, myocarditis is a potentially fatal adverse effect of ICI therapy.
George Rovder Arlington VA (to Everyone): 3:54 PM: Thank you all, friends, for the wisdom and kindness. I have to leave early this evening. I will watch the video to see and hear the rest of the discussion. George
Julian Morales – Houston (to Everyone): 3:58 PM: Have to leave, have a conflicting meeting at 6pm.
Ben Nathanson (to Everyone): 4:00 PM: @Richard – ODENZA: A French prospective, randomized, open-label, multicenter, cross-over phase II trial of preference between darolutamide and enzalutamide in men with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) https://meetings.asco.org/abstracts-presentations/201628
Pat Martin (to Everyone): 4:00 PM: Thanks for the info and the links
George A Southiere Jr (to Everyone): 4:04 PM: very correct that most of us have been on multiple treatments that cause”brain fog”would be very difficult to discern. Be very skeptical of Pharmaceutical studies
John Antonucci (to Everyone): 4:08 PM: I just tried to find any paper on monotherapy androgen blockers and came up with zilch
Thomas Jacobsen – CO (to Everyone): 4:43 PM: Have to leave. Thank you everyone.
Russ Strehlow (to Everyone): 4:46 PM: I have to leave also. Thank you
George A Southiere Jr (to Everyone): 4:50 PM: Great meeting everyone, gotta go. Be well all
Richard Wassersug (to Everyone): 5:00 PM: Thank you all. Have to go.
Herb Geller (to Everyone): 5:00 PM: I gotta go as well. See you all next week.
David Muslin (to Everyone): 5:01 PM: Great meeting as always. See you men next Monday night.
On June 1st, we had the pleasure of world renowned Dr. Steven Kaplan speaking to our Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer virtual support group, in collaboration with ASPI, titled “It Ain’t Your Grandpa’s BPH – An ‘Urgent’ Issue“.
Dr. Kaplan is Director of the Men’s Wellness Program, Mount Sinai Health System and Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is an internationally renowned authority and one of the primary thought leaders in the study of benign diseases, the association of metabolic factors with voiding dysfunction, and female urology, with symptoms related to both benign prostate enlargement and bladder function.
Dr. Kaplan is a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is an internationally recognized authority and one of the primary thought leaders in the study of benign diseases of the prostate, the association of metabolic factors and voiding dysfunction and female urology. He has over 1000 publications including 600 peer reviewed and 570 peer reviewed invited articles, and 90 book chapters and non – peered reviewed articles. His landmark study, published in JAMA in 2006, changed the way medications are used in the treatment of men with symptoms related to both benign prostate enlargement and bladder dysfunction.
You’ll hear about the latest advancements in BPH, how diet and sleep can impact your prostate (and overall) health, and more.
Watch here:
Special thanks to Pfizer and Bayer for sponsoring this presentation
We apologize for the inconvenience, but slides for this presentation are not available.
For information on our peer-led video chat PROSTATE CANCER VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, click here.
To SIGN UP for the Group or any other of our AnCan Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.
On May 31st, we hosted a webinar full of great information for not just prostate cancer patients, but for all! Titled “Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer“, we learned best practices for the foods we eat, to how sleep apnea can impact our whole health.
The program features Dr. Stacy Loeb, professor of Urology and Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Dr. Justin Gregg, Assistant Professor of Urology and Health Disparities Research at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Gregg discusses his research on diet. Dr. Loeb discusses her research on a plant-based diet, sleep, and exercise.
Watch here:
Editor’s Note: Dr. Stacy Loeb and colleagues at NYU Langone Health are doing a research study about sleep and lifestyle for men with prostate cancer and their partners and/or family members. Participation involves visiting a website designed by the study team with recommendations about sleep, nutrition and exercise, completing online surveys, wearing a wrist watch to measure activity for a total of two weeks, visiting a website, and two telephone calls with the study team. Gift cards will be provided as reimbursement for study completion.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, May 24, 2022
Two upcoming events to mention first …..
Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer with Drs. Stacy Loeb (NYU) and Justin Gregg, Tue, May 31 @ 8.00 pm Eastern. Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/regi…
It Ain’t Your Grandpa’s BPH with Dr. Steve Kaplan (Mt. Sinai, NYC) Wed, June 1 at 8.00 pm No registration required – just join live https://www.gotomeet.me/AnswerCancer We’ll be talking all issues around frequency, urgency, nocturia and more. Send your questions to joeg@ancan.org
AND – if you’re a Vet, watch this space. AnCan will be launching a new Vets Group to help navigate medical care. It is not exlclusively prostate cancer, so tell Vet friends. 4th Thursday starting June. If you want to sign up please write Group Leader Joe Gallo joeg@ancan.org.
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/
Editor’s Pick: Testosterone lags far behind in recovery – what to do? (rd)
Topics Discussed
Young denovo Mx man with family history; testosterone stays low long after Tx; chemo works when nothing else did; finally ready for Provenge; test early for bone density; bone density meds; Pluvicto TENTATIVELY scheduled; GU med onc at OHSU; another happy Dr. E camper; Lupron vs Zoladex (gosrelin); success with foamy gland PCa; AnCan suports Vets
Chat Log
Pat Martin (to Everyone): 3:32 PM: Schedule for Memorial Monday?
Rick (to Everyone): 3:33 PM: It’s 5th Monday – no meetings in the 5th week but we have 2 presentations. See our Reminder.
Pat Martin (to Everyone): 3:34 PM: Thanks
Julian Morales-Houston (to Everyone): 3:37 PM: To enroll and participate: Color: To participate, please visit the website: www.progressregistry.com. Here, you can read and sign the informed consent and complete the first questionnaire. You can also scan the QR code below to enroll: If you have any questions, please contact the research coordinator, Laura Gross, at (215) 503-5285 or email laura.gross@jefferson.edu. If you leave a message, please provide the best way for the team to contact you.
Scott (to Everyone): 3:38 PM: Epstein is here https://pathology.jhu.edu/patient-care/second-opinions
Joe Gallo (to Everyone): 3:39 PM: If Tuesday (May 31), it’s an AnCan webinar …
“Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer”
Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4324977789022538512
AnCan is always considering Quality of Life and Lifestyle. If you’ve attended our live groups you’ll recognize we never get through a meeting without discussing exercise (JIMMY G!!!), diet or stress relief. Last year’s survey revealed that more than 50% of you increased exercise and decreased stress from attending our groups while 38% made changes in their diet.
The upcoming webinar will focus on these issues. It features ‘rockstar’ speaker, Dr. Stacy Loeb, Professor of Urology and Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and, Dr. Justin Gregg, Assistant Professor of Urology and Health Disparities Research at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Dr. Gregg will speak about his research on diet. Dr. Loeb will speak about her research on a plant-based diet, sleep, and exercise..
And if Wednesday (June1), it’s an AnCan seminar…
‘It Ain’t Your Grandpa’s BPH!’
Now we know a lot of you Gents reading this don’t have a prostate, and if you do, it’s probably radiated to a crisp! Does that excuse you from having frequency and urgency issues ….. for many of you, probably not. In our groups, we hear all too often about how many times you have to get up at night.
Well do we have the Doc for you!! ….. Steve (Dr. Prostate) Kaplan, MD is a nationally recognized urologist at Mount Sinai, NYC who specializes in benign prostate issues …. like frequency and urgency. So while we’ll be talking BPH treatments for those with prostates, we’ll also be talking frequency and urgency issues for the rest of you.
There’s NO REGISTRATION required for this seminar – just enter the AnCan Barniskis Room at 8.00 pm Eastern on Wednesday, June 1st like you would for any of our Video Chat Groups. And bring your questions …. in fact, if you already have something in mind, send it ahead of time to Joe Gallo at joeg@ancan.org.
Rick (to Everyone): 3:46 PM: Your Chat is saved on your computer IF you are joining from the desktop.
Jim Ward (to Organizer(s) Only): 3:58 PM: Gents — I need to switch to phone particiaption for the 2nd half; so if a mystery caller dials in, it’s just me.
Wang Gao Shan – PA (Private): 4:57 PM: Hi Rick, Originally I did the Color Test, yet I was offered a FREE DNA test from Myriad. Do you know this group?
Rick (to Wang Gao Shan – PA): 4:57 PM: We do and we are currently in discussion
Rick (to Wang Gao Shan – PA): 4:58 PM: How did that free offer come about
Joe Gallo (to Everyone): 5:07 PM: Embr Wave. embrlabs.com
Wang Gao Shan – PA (Private): 5:09 PM: I received an email from ZERO (I have been on their mailing list for along time). I also contacted Myriad agfter reading an article and was offered a free test… they will send me the kit to Portland, Or shortly before I arrive on June 12, 2022.
Jeff Marchi, San Francisco (to Everyone): 5:11 PM: https://www.prostatecancerpromise.org for free DNA test for these with it
Joe Gallo (to Everyone): 5:11 PM: “Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer”
Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4324977789022538512
AnCan is always considering Quality of Life and Lifestyle. If you’ve attended our live groups you’ll recognize we never get through a meeting without discussing exercise (JIMMY G!!!), diet or stress relief. Last year’s survey revealed that more than 50% of you increased exercise and decreased stress from attending our groups while 38% made changes in their diet.
The upcoming webinar will focus on these issues. It features ‘rockstar’ speaker, Dr. Stacy Loeb, Professor of Urology and Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and, Dr. Justin Gregg, Assistant Professor of Urology and Health Disparities Research at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Dr. Gregg will speak about his research on diet. Dr. Loeb will speak about her research on a plant-based diet, sleep, and exercise.
And if Wednesday (June1), it’s an AnCan seminar…
‘It Ain’t Your Grandpa’s BPH!’
Now we know a lot of you Gents reading this don’t have a prostate, and if you do, it’s probably radiated to a crisp! Does that excuse you from having frequency and urgency issues ….. for many of you, probably not. In our groups, we hear all too often about how many times you have to get up at night.
Well do we have the Doc for you!! ….. Steve (Dr. Prostate) Kaplan, MD is a nationally recognized urologist at Mount Sinai, NYC who specializes in benign prostate issues …. like frequency and urgency. So while we’ll be talking BPH treatments for those with prostates, we’ll also be talking frequency and urgency issues for the rest of you.
There’s NO REGISTRATION required for this seminar – just enter the AnCan Barniskis Room at 8.00 pm Eastern on Wednesday, June 1st like you would for any of our Video Chat Groups. And bring your questions …. in fact, if you already have something in mind, send it ahead of time to Joe Gallo at joeg@ancan.org.
Herb Geller (to Everyone): 5:13 PM: I gotta go. Will see you all in three weeks, as I’m off to Paris soon.
Peter Monaco (to Everyone): 5:16 PM: Have to go. Thanks for another informative meeting!
Mike Yancey (to Everyone): 5:17 PM: Gotta drop off. Thanks Len for hosting. Look forward to next time.
