Cancer is a scary word and a diagnosis of the disease can be intimidating and daunting – but what can we do to prevent or lower our chances of getting it? Tara Whyand, an oncology dietitian, has explained to Express.co.uk there is a link between diet and the chances of getting cancer. Read this somewhat general article on diet and cancer here.
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This somewhat general article discusses various radiation options for prostate cancer, including: High Dose Rate brachytherapy – a form of focal therapy High fraction external beam radiotherapy Read the article.
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September 2015 Scotiabank Awareness Night Prostate Cancer – we need to know more Dr. John Bartlett Ontario Institute of Cancer Research BSc, PhD, FRCPath Program Director, Transformative Pathology, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). Director, Ontario Tumour Bank Honorary Professor, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburg This video it not of the actual presentation, but was produced later and contains the essentials of that presentation. It is considerable shorter than the actual presentation. CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 11:08 hours
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March 2015 Scotiabank Awareness Night The Psychology of a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Dr. Michelle Flax, Ph.D., C. Psych Psychologist and Psychoanalyst CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 40:23 hours Just the slides from this presentation can also be viewed here: “The Psychology of a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis”
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November 2014 Scotiabank Awareness Night Radiation Therapy: Where we 2014 and where we are going Dr. Padraig Warde, MB, ChB, BAO, FRCPC Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, U of Toronto Staff Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network Provincial Head, Radiation Treatment Program Cancer Care Ontario CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 47:12 minutes
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Awareness: The PCCN-Toronto and Side by Side Prostate Cancer Support Groups Newsletter. In this Issue: Dr. Elterman at our November Scotiabank Awareness Night Dr. Bartlett at our Sept. Scotiabank Awareness Night PCCN-Toronto volunteer dinner at Jerusalem Holiday peer support meeting Historic $50M donation to Toronto Hospital Volunteers – our “unsung heroes” Ask the Doctor – Dr. Sharir – The risks involved in having a biopsy Board News Navigator Project E meetings Website survey Approaching your pharmacists Holiday wishes from our chairman The 2016 Scotiabank awareness nights schedule Read it by clicking the link below to open the pdf file: Dec_2015_Newsletter
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November 2015 Scotiabank Awareness Night Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction Dr. Dean Elterman MD, MSc, FRCSC Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, Western General Hospital CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 1:02:39 hours
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July 2015 Scotiabank Awareness Night Radiation and Hormone Therapy Dr. Gerard Morton, MB BCh BAO, MRCPI, FRCPC, FFRRCSI Associate Professor , Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto Radiation Oncologist, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre Head of Brachytherapy, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre Chair, Ontario Association of Radiation Oncologists Affiliate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Odette Cancer Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 43:11 minutes
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Active surveillance — in which prostate cancer is regularly monitored for signs of progression — spares men whose tumors may never progress from potential treatment-associated adverse effects, such as sexual dysfunction or incontinence. Proponents contend active surveillance is a viable option because mortality rates among men whose tumors are limited to the prostate are low, and many of these men never experience symptoms from their disease. However, some urologic oncologists question active surveillance as a standard management strategy and contend its use should be limited. Read the article.
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A new standard for evaluating MR images to diagnose prostate cancer has been agreed upon by international radiological institutions and is now published in the journal European Urology. The new procedure reduces the over-diagnosis of insignificant cancers by up to 89 percent and assists in the diagnosis of up to 13 percent more life-threatening tumors than current procedures. Read the article.
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