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Forum on Prostate Cancer Geared to Patients, Families The American Cancer Society and the UCSF department of urology will host a day-long forum to teach patients, their families and others about prostate cancer -- the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the US – Saturday, June 17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cole Hall, 513 Parnassus Avenue. The event -- called "Get Connected 2000! Ask the Experts" will be an open forum for discussion with no lectures. The cost is $15 (lunch included), payable at the door. Registration begins at 8 a.m. "This is a time for people to get answers to their questions," said Stan Rosenfeld, a UCSF patient advocate and prostate cancer survivor who is helping to organize the event. "Most people who come will be newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. When you are newly diagnosed, you have a thousand questions and your doctor may not have time to give you a thousand answers." Discussion topics include: initial diagnosis, decision-making, choice of therapy, recurrence, nutrition, clinical trials and risk reduction. Among the panelists are: Eric Small, MD, UCSF medical oncologist; Mack Roach III, MD, UCSF radiation oncologist; and Gary Grossfeld, MD, UCSF urologist and surgeon. This is the second year the American Cancer Society and the UCSF department of urology have collaborated to host such a forum. Prostate cancer is a malignancy that develops in the cells of the prostate gland, which is about the size of a walnut and located below the bladder. The ACS estimates there will be more than 180,000 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the US this year and an estimated 31,900 men will die of the disease. When detected early, however, prostate cancer has one of the highest survival rates of any type of cancer. One of the biggest risk factors for the disease is race. African-American men have the highest prostate cancer incidence rates in the world and are twice as likely to be diagnosed as other American men, according to ACS. Other risk factors are family history, diet and age. For more information about the forum, call the American Cancer Society, 650/578-9902, ext. 315. Links: |
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