Attendance Purpose Upcoming Meetings Other Upcoming Events of Interest Past Meetings Web Pages of Interest: NEW: Directory of Prostate Cancer Web Sites NEW: Vietnam Veteran? 2007 Symposium on Prostate Cancer (use the Virtual Meeting link) Bob Cobb's Trip to NL for a Combidex Scan US TOO International Prostate Cancer Research Institute US TOO - Wichita Chapter Arizona US TOO Prostate Cancer Coalition of North Carolina Contact: Dennis Gibson    (630) 682-1222

Upcoming Meetings Date Speaker Topic May 17, 2008 A Panel of Our Own Members What You Can Do When a Doctor Disappoints You (more) June 21, 2008 Najeeb Mohideen, MD, Radiation Oncology, Northwest Community Hospital The Role of Cyberknife Radiosurgery in Prostate Cancer (more) August 16, 2008 Dr. Rajesh Patel, Urological Surgeon, Ingalls Hospital Cryotherapy: What's So Cool About It? (more) Other Upcoming Events of Interest Our Past Meetings:            (some have the presentation available) April 19, 2008 Dan Herman Combidex - A Patient's Experience (more) March 15, 2008 Dr. Phyllis Bowen, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Illinois at Chicago Prostate Health and Diet: Is there anything to it? (more) February 16, 2008 David Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D., The University of Chicago Cost-effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment: The Importance of Patient Preferences  (more) January 19, 2008 Eileen R. Fitzgerald, J.D., L.L.M; Attorney at Law Planning for the Possibility of Disability (more) December 15, 2007 Elyse Schneiderman, M.D., Hinsdale Hematology-Oncology Associates A Phase II Trial of E7389 (Halichondrin B Analog) (more) November 17, 2007 Gerald Chodak, M.D., Midwest Prostate & Urology Health Center, Weiss Memorial Hospital Accessing prostate cancer information from the internet:  the Good, the Bad and the Ugly! (more) October 20, 2007 Anantha Murthy, M.D., DuPage Oncology Center, Winfield Protons and Alternatives for Prostate Cancer (more) September 15, 2007 John S.Wheeler, Jr., M.D., Dept. Urology, Loyola University Medical Center Male Urinary Incontinence (more) August 18, 2007 Mark Scholz, M.D. (on DVD) Treating Testosterone Independent Prostate Cancer (more) July 21, 2007 Ed Rzeszutko, Augusta Medical Systems Erectile Dysfunction: Causes and Cures June 16, 2007 William J. Catalona, M.D., Northwestern University PSA Kinetics in Prostate Cancer (more) May 19, 2007 Dr. Chadi Nabhan, Oncology Specialists, S. C., Lutheran General Cancer Care Center New Options for Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer and Future Directions (more) April 21, 2007  Ralph Daehn Highlights from the 2006 PCRI Regional Conference (more) March 17, 2007 Dr. Giovanni Colombo - Specialty Care Research, Peoria, IL High intensity ultrasound (HIFU) in the treatment of prostate cancer (more) February 17, 2007 Elsa Miller, Northern Illinois University Long Term Care Financing (more) January 20, 2007 Kim Dalzell Fight Prostate Cancer with a Fork! (more) December 16, 2006 Michael Breen M.D. The Fruit That Might Prevent Prostate Cancer Spread and.....  How Did A Doctor Ever Get On TV Anyway? (more) November 18, 2006 Dr. Charles "Snuffy" Myers (on DVD) Exciting New Advances in Treatments and Detection (more) October 14, 2006 Dennis Gibson Meet the Professors Case Discussions (more) September 16, 2006  Don Webster  Fatty Acids: What's in a Name (more) August 19, 2006 Edwin M. Posadas, M.D., University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine The New Face of Prostate Cancer Treatment (more) June 17, 2006 Dr. James A. Sylora, Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, Illinois Da Vinci Robotic Prostatectomy (more) May 20, 2006 Daniel Shevrin, M.D. New "Targeted" Agents in Prostate Cancer (more) April 15, 2006 Gordon Grado, M.D., Scottsdale, AZ Radioactive Seeds (more) March 18, 2006 Alan W. Bakst, Pharm. D., MBA, Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research, TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. CaPSURE Database (more) February 18, 2006 Robert Share, M.D.,  radiation oncologist, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, IL External Beam Radiation with Hormonal Manipulation (more)