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The summit convenes survivors and leaders within medicine, research, government, industry and the community to address policy and medical issues towards eliminating the prostate cancer racial disparity.
2017 Summit Agenda
(The summit is free and open to the public)
9:00 am - 9:45 am: Summit Opening Proceedings
9:45 am - 12 noon: The Clinical Trials Rally Update and Next Steps
PHEN launched a national "Clinical Trials Rally" in January 2017 with the goal of increasing the number of African American men participating in prostate cancer clinical trials. The first phase of this effort is to raise the level of knowledge and awareness about clinical trials through PHEN's monthly webcasts, educational symposiums and the clinical trials web-portal. This session will provide an update on the results of these activities and explore next steps and strategies towards realizing the Clinical Trials Rally's goal
12:00 noon - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm:
Understanding the Current Prostate Cancer
Active surveillance, genomic testing, immunotherapy and advanced disease therapies have all reached a level of maturity and acceptance over the past five years. This session will review how these developments have changed the prostate cancer treatment paradigm for high-risk men with an assessment on the potential impact for reducing the prostate cancer racial disparity.
2:40 pm - 4:00 pm:
The Treatment Cost Factor and Its Impact
Cancer patients are three times more likely to declare bankruptcy than people without cancer according to reports. The newer prostate cancer treatments are costly and a recent study showed that black men considered the cost of prostate cancer treatment to be very important by a margin of 2 to 1 compared to white men. This session will focus on how the cost of treatments is impacting access by African American men and explore what actions can be taken to address the cost factor and its impact.
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm: Closing Remarks
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Networking Reception
Friday, September 22nd
Washington Convention Center
A session of the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference
Hosted by Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY)
9:00 am - 9:30am: Opening Remarks and Presentations
9:30 - 10:30 am: Prostate Cancer Screening - A Responsible Approach
The U. S. Preventive Services Task Force has changed its PSA screening recommendation from being against screening for all men to recommending that certain men be informed about the potential benefits and risks so they can make an informed decision. This session will address the impact of the Task Force's new recommendation and explore what should be encompassed within a responsible prostate cancer early detection screening program for African American men.
10:30 - 11:45: Educating and Mobilizing Black Communities on Prostate Cancer
This session will review activities and highlights of PHEN's national education and awareness initiatives during 2017 with an outline of plans and priorities for 2018 towards the organization's mission of eliminating the African American prostate cancer disparity.
11:45 - 12 noon: Summit Closing Remarks
You are invited - Register today!
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