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SEA Blue 2021
We would like to thank everyone who supported and took part in the SEA Blue 2021 Virtual Prostate Cancer Walk and Run! With your help we were able to surpass our fundraising goal by almost $25K! All of these funds will be used to help provide Support, Education, Advocacy and Awareness at no charge to those affected by prostate cancer. We also thank our co-presenter, UroPartners, and our generous sponsors. SEA Blue was a special day for attendees. We had people walking and running with us virtually all over the country, and from as far away as England and Hawaii! It was wonderful being able to gather via the Charge Running App and be together to share the experience, pictures, run results, and comments of love and support. View photos of the event at: https://bit.ly/3mpfBcJ.
Prostate Cancer Calendar
What prostate cancer support and education events are happening this month? Check the calendar! The Prostate Cancer Calendar webpage is a resource for the entire prostate cancer community. If you are looking for a prostate cancer event, please check the calendar. If you have a support group, webinar, seminar, or other prostate cancer event that will benefit the community, you can post it right to the calendar at: www.prostatecancercalendar.org.
Us TOO 2021 Webinar Series
Us TOO has finished its 2021 webinar series, "What is Right for Me in My Prostate Cancer Treatment?" If you missed any of the series, or would like to watch any of the episodes again, you can find them all posted at: www.ustoo.org/ustoo-video. Topics include: Bone Health and Nutrition, Shared Decision Making, Biomarkers, Imaging, and Genetics and Genomics. Thanks to all the doctors, sponsors, and attendees for making this series a success.
Other Events
Join the Cancer Research Institute on October 7th and 8th for their Virtual Immunotherapy Patient Summit, hosted by Tamron Hall, award-winning TV host, journalist, executive producer, and philanthropist. October 8th will feature a breakout session on immunotherapy for prostate cancer. For more information and registration, visit: https://bit.ly/VSummit21_edu.
Videos
Us TOO Board Member, Dr. Laurence Klotz joined 200 prostate patients at an AnCan webinar on September 29th. Dr. Klotz spoke about the coming age of liquid biopsies and focal therapy. View the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDN-rdbRJA.
Check out video of the Northwestern Medicine webinar, Prostate Cancer: Navigating Relationships after Diagnosis with Dr. Adam Murphy and Dr. Jeffrey Albaugh. The event was recorded on September 20th and video is available at: https://bit.ly/2YktlO1.
Veterans Survey
Veterans have an incidence rate for prostate cancer that is twice that of the general population. ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer is committed to bringing the Veterans community the resources, tools, and education needed to fight and detect prostate cancer even in its earliest stages. If you are a Veteran, please consider providing your feedback in a survey to help ZERO provide the most impactful programs to improve the lives of men and families. ZERO will use this information to help make decisions on how to best meet the educational and awareness needs of Veterans who are at risk of or have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. It may also be used for policy research purposes. This survey is anonymous unless you decide to provide your contact information at the end of the survey. The survey should take between10-20 minutes to complete and it will only be open until October 15th. To take the survey, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VC9RJBK.
The Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Initiative
Check out our Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Initiative webpage for links to resources, videos, podcasts, and more at: www.ustoo.org/blackmen. To be added to the alert list for the Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Virtual Support Group, visit: www.ustoo.org/blackmenssupport. The Support Group meets monthly and has a Facebook group for community discussion.
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Thank you for reading. Best wishes to you,
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Marty Chakoian and the Us TOO Team
Marty Chakoian, Board Chair
James Hutson, Development Director
Tracy Cameron, Office Manager
Terri Likowski, Program Director - Support Group Services
Tim Mix, Communications Director
Rebecca Bouck, Project Manager
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