Active Surveillance Patients International Releases Upcoming Webinar Schedule
Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI) is a non-profit based in East Stroudsburg, PA, created by men with prostate cancer (PCa) for men with prostate cancer. The organization is dedicated to educating men with low-risk and favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer about the option of active surveillance to curb the overtreatment of benign prostate cancers and its associated side effects.
— Kirsten Greene, MD, will be speaking to a AnCan/Us Too webinar: “How do you know When to enter AS and when to leave?" Greene is Paul Mellon Professor, Chair of the University of Virginia Department of Urology. and Associate Chief Medical Officer UVA Health. It will be at 8 pm Eastern December 30.
Register to reserve a seat or get a video link afterward: https://bit.ly/301lfL2
— University of Alberta exercise scientist Kerry Courneya had a message for the more than 130 people who attended the First Wednesday seminar on Dec. 1: Don’t take your cancer laying down. He maintains that research has shown “exercise is the single most important thing” a prostate cancer patient can do—even more important than diet.
Here’s the video: https://bit.ly/3rDhgQc
— Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI) is featuring Dr. Lara Bellardita, Ph.D., Psy.D, of the National Cancer Institute in Milan, Italy, in a webinar entitled "Anxious Surveillance: Coping with Anxiety and Active Surveillance" at 12-1:30 p.m Eastern, Saturday, January 29, 2022. Bellardita has pioneered new approaches to managing anxiety in men on AS.
To register, go to: https://bit.ly/3HVMtnk Videos will be available after the program.
— Patients from Europe but also the United States, Canada, and Australia have been asked to take part in its Europa UOMO’s second quality of life survey for men with prostate cancer. The survey closes on December 23. The survey aims to improve the quality of life for men with a full range of prostate cancers.
Go to: https://bit.ly/3dlX0dC