We hope you took some time this Summer to relax and recharge, and possibly even reaquaint with neighbours and friends. As we move into Fall, we still are not able to resume in person meetings at Hospice of Windsor & Essex County, due to COVID-19 related restrictions. Our Steering Committee has decided to suspend our Monthly Support Group Meetings until such time as we can resume meeting in person. We will continue to stay in touch and update you via these postings. Please feel free to contact us anytime at winexpcsg@gmail.com

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Please consider joining this presentation by Dr. Laurence Klotz.

Active Surveillance: Bench to Bedside with Dr. Laurence Klotz Thursday, September 9th, 7:30 pm Eastern Don’t miss this special presentation from the incredible doctor who coined the term ‘Active Surveillance’ and has been working tirelessly for decades to reduce the overtreatment, morbidity, and mortality of prostate cancer.  This is your chance to ask questions and chat with North America’s leading Active Surveillance expert. Register now About Dr. Laurence KlotzLaurence Klotz, CM, MD, FRCSC Dr. Laurence Klotz was educated at the University of Toronto,  Canada, where in 1977 he obtained his MD. Dr. Klotz completed his residency at the University of Toronto in 1983.  Subsequently, he was a Fellow in Uro-Oncology and Tumor Biology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, completing it in 1985.   Dr. Klotz then  returned to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He is an  Associate Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, past Chief of Urology, Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, and the Sunnybrook Chair of Prostate Cancer Research.    Dr. Klotz is a widely published uro-oncologist (504 peer review publications, 6 books).  His basic  research interests have included research in the role of micronutrients and diet in prostate cancer prevention, and translational research in biomarkers and imaging. His research lab has been active for 30 years, producing several patents and a biotech company.  His clinical research interests have been in the areas of active surveillance, image guided therapy, molecular biomarkers, and androgen receptor targeted therapy.   He has led numerous randomized trials in prostate cancer.   Active surveillance was a concept pioneered under Dr. Klotz’s leadership.  He led the team at Sunnybrook who was the first to implement an approach to patients with low risk prostate cancer based on conservative management, with selective intervention for those patients who were diagnosed as higher risk over time. He coined the term ‘active surveillance’, and was responsible for promoting its acceptance by urological and radiation oncology communities worldwide. His drive to reduce the overtreatment, morbidity, and mortality of prostate cancer has led to over a hundred papers on this subject alone and numerous national and international invitations as a guest lecturer and visiting professor. In addition to his basic and clinical research endeavors, Dr. Klotz has initiated and participated in many professional organizations and societies.  In 1994, he founded the Canadian Journal of Urology, which was the officially endorsed journal of the Canadian Urological Association from 1996 to 2004. In 2005 he founded the Canadian Urology Association Journal in conjunction with the CUA, was Editor in Chief until 2010, and currently  is the CUAJ  Editor Emeritus. He has been Associate Editor of the Journal of Urology (Prostate Cancer) since 2014.  Since 2018 he has been the Managing Editor of the International Consultations on Urologic Diseases, and in 2020 this re-invigorated initiative produced the book ‘Molecular Biomarkers in Urologic Oncology’ under his leadership.    Dr. Klotz established and chaired the Canadian Urology Consortium (CURC), a clinical research network,  in 2000 and the World Urologic Oncology Federation (WUOF), which brought the world’s regional and national Uro Oncology Societies together under one umbrella in 2002.  Originally 6, there are now 20 member societies.         Dr. Klotz was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 2013 for meritorious public service, and the University of Toronto Department of Surgery Lister Prize for outstanding research contributions and the Society of Urologic Oncology Medal in 2014.   In 2015 he received Canada’s highest civilian award, the Order of Canada, and the Harold Warwick Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society for international contributions to cancer control.  The AUA presented him the Richard Williams Award for outstanding contributions in urologic oncology in 2016.  He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the University of Toronto in 2017 and the Canadian Urological Association in 2019.  He also received the Huggins medal from the SUO in 2019. Dr. Klotz is married to Ursula, and has 2 children, Alex, a professor of physics at California State in Los Angeles, and Betsy, a recreational therapist.  He founded ‘The Void’, an all-Urology Band in which he plays piano.  He has never received any awards for his tennis or ice hockey performance, both of which he plays frequently. Register now If you can’t make it on September 9th, don’t worry.  A recording of the presentation will be available on Prostate Cancer BC’s YouTube channel.

Please join us Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 7:00 PM for our monthly Support Group Meeting. This month we’re pleased to join together with our friends at Prostate Cancer Support Thunder Bay  to share in their monthly meeting. Please note that this is a departure from our usual “second Tuesday” meeting for this month.

Guest Speaker: Paul Carrier, Thunder Bay Cancer Centre

Topic: “Cancer and COVID-19 a double whammy on our mental health!” .

For computer, tablets and smartphones, those who want to connect via video, there is the “Join Zoom Meeting” link below.  All you have to do is click the link and follow the instructions. If you do not have Zoom on your device, it will ask you to load it and it will take a couple minutes.

If you want to join from a smartphone for just the audio and not the video, and have the email on your phone, you click the “One tap mobile” and follow the prompts and the host will let you in.  You can mute and unmute your phone by clicking *6.

If you want to join from a landline or smartphone for the audio, you use the number “Dial by your location” and follow the prompts to put in the Meeting ID and the Passcode.  You can mute and unmute by using *6.  Area code 647 is Toronto

Topic: Prostate Cancer Support Thunder Bay General Meeting
Time: June 17, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81535880708?pwd=RXNDM2MwK3lidlJIMk03TzdPTzdMdz09

Meeting ID: 815 3588 0708
Passcode: 738950
One tap mobile
+16475580588,,81535880708#,,,,*738950# Canada
+17789072071,,81535880708#,,,,*738950# Canada

Hope to see you there!

**PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF MEETING DATE**

For our May 2021 Support Group Meeting, we’re pleased to join together with our friends at Prostate Cancer Network Ottawa to share in their monthly meeting, Thursday May 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM by ZOOM. Please note that this is a departure from our usual “second Tuesday” meeting for this month only.

The featured presenter is Meghan McInnis, M.Sc., from the Sexual Health Research Lab (Department of Psychology) at Queen’s University. She will discuss research findings on mental and sexual wellbeing in individuals diagnosed with prostate cancer. Originally from Ottawa, Meghan is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. candidate at Queen’s University. She is conducting her graduate research in the Sexual Health Research Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Caroline Pukall. Her Master’s thesis was an investigation of the experiences of individuals diagnosed with prostate cancer, including their health-related quality of life, sexual outcomes, mental health, social support, and healthcare experiences. Meghan is also a co-founder of QueeringCancer.ca.

Please register in advance for this meeting using the following link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqce-trDopH9yX5KyQfuQcXt4–kWXB05h  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Hope to see you on May 20th @ 7 p.m.

Staying home? Looking for something to do? Here are a few upcoming events that may be of interest, from our friends at Prostate Cancer Network Ottawa.

April 15, 2021 at 7:00 PM by ZOOM. Our presenter is Dr. Dugald Seely, ND, M.Sc. Founder & Chief Executive Officer The Centre For Health Innovation (formerly the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre). His topic will be “Cancer Navigation – Understanding Available Resources and Choices”. 
 
You can register in advance for this meeting using the following link – https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrduCgqzIjG9UV30_9ZQwzdZNFxA7-4FW5 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
 
Dr Seeley’s bio can be found on our website at Thursday April 15, 2021 – 7:00 PM — Prostate Cancer Network Ottawa (PCNO) (pccnottawa.ca)

April 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM by ZOOM. Annual Business Meeting. Join us to learn how PCNO did in 2020, and our plans for the future. Our speaker will be Dr. Rodney Breau, Surgical Oncologist, Assistant Professor of Urology at The University of Ottawa, and an Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He attended medical school at Dalhousie University and urology residency at the University of Ottawa. He completed his Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Mayo Clinic and received a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research from Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvcOGopzgiHNMsLsmZUMcl5ha3rCMOgVsF After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

May 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM by ZOOM. Our presenter is Meghan McInnis, M.Sc., from the Sexual Health Research Lab (Department of Psychology) at Queen’s University. She will discuss research findings on mental and sexual wellbeing in individuals diagnosed with prostate cancer. Originally from Ottawa, Meghan is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. candidate at Queen’s University. She is conducting her graduate research in the Sexual Health Research Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Caroline Pukall. Her Master’s thesis was an investigation of the experiences of individuals diagnosed with prostate cancer, including their health-related quality of life, sexual outcomes, mental health, social support, and healthcare experiences. She is a co-founder of QueeringCancer.ca. Register in advance for this meeting at 7:00 PM Eastern Time using the following link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqce-trDopH9yX5KyQfuQcXt4–kWXB05h After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Please join us for our April Support Group Meeting via Zoom. We are pleased to bring you a video presentation by Dr. Danny Vesprini, Radiation Oncologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.

Dr. Vesprini is an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Toronto.

His clinical interests are in the treatment of prostate and testicular cancer, while his research interests include:

• Prostate cancer prevention
• Screening and treatment of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers
• Identification of genetic biomarkers that predict aggressiveness and progression of prostate cancer in men followed on an active surveillance protocol.

In this “pre-COVID” presentation to Prostate Cancer Support Toronto, Dr. Vesprini dicusses “Active Surveillance Decisions (Why, Who, How, and When you know it’s time to be treated)”.

Time: April 13, 2021, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87397943362?pwd=Ni9HZ0FBVUNzTy96OEhNQ3hjUVVHUT09

Meeting ID: 873 9794 3362
Passcode: 728264

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