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Upcoming Meetings
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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| December 19, 2009 |
No Meeting |
Sorry, no meeting this month |
| January 16, 2010 |
Dr. Evan Pisick (medical oncologist) and
Dr. Kamal Patel (radiation oncologist), Cancer Treatment Centers of
America, Zion, Illinois |
"Hormonal Therapy, Gynecomastia and Prophylactic Breast Bud Irradiation" |
| February 20, 2010 |
Dr. Chadi Nabhan, Oncology
Specialists, S. C., and Dr. David Peace, UIC |
Drs. Nabhan and Peace will take questions from the audience on the general topic "Lupron no longer works. What next?" (Moderator: Bob Cobb) |
| March 20, 2009 |
Dr. Russell Szmulewitz, University of Chicago |
"The emerging role of immunotherapy for prostate cancer" (Moderator: Jack McGuire) |
| Other Upcoming Events of Interest |
December 9, 2009, OAD, 27650 Ferry Rd, Warrenville
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Osteoporosis Seminar, 7:30 - 8:30 PM (Reservations required: More info) |
| Our
Past Meetings:
(some
have the presentation available) |
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| November 21, 2009 (54) |
Dr. Steven Moore, graduate of National University of Health Sciences, now with Physical Medicine Associates, S.C., Naperville |
Conservative Approaches to Prostate Health:
Phytotherapy, Nutraceuticals, Dietary Support, etc. (Moderator: Jim Music) |
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| October 17, 2009 (43) |
Dr. John P. Mulhall, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
Sexual Dysfunctions After Prostate Cancer Therapy (Moderator: Bob Cobb) |
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| September 19, 2009 (40) |
Dr. Murray Favus, Director, Bone Program, University of Chicago Medical Center |
Osteoporosis in Men (Moderator: Tom Boyce) |
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| August 15, 2009 (42) |
Dr. Ryan Engel, Hematology Oncology Associates of Illinois |
Monitoring and
Managing Complications of Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Treatment
Options after Androgen Deprivation Therapy. (Moderator: Jack McGuire)
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| July 18, 2009 (43) |
Dr. Bernard Eden, Cancer Treatment Centers of America |
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy (Moderator: Jim Music) |
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| June 20, 2009 (24) |
Dr. Chadi Nabhan, Oncology
Specialists, S. C., Lutheran General Hospital |
News for Prostate Cancer Patients from the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) meeting (Slides) |
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| May 16, 2009 |
Dr. Daniel Margolis, UCLA (on DVD) |
State of the Art Scanning for Prostate Cancer (Moderator: Jack McGuire) |
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| April 18, 2009 |
DVD Presentations |
The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System
The Da Vinci Prostatectomy Procedure |
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| March 21, 2009 |
Three members of the Palmieri Chapter
of Us TOO will discuss the different treatment modalities they
employed in their battles with prostate cancer
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Satish Sachdev: Robotic Surgery
Tom Boyce: IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy)
Bob Cobb: Active Surveillance, Androgen Deprivation, and Focal Cryotherapy |
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| February 21, 2009 |
Cynthia Ziemer, M.Div., Psy.D., Reproductive Health Psychologist |
Human Dimensions of Treatment, Recovery and Living |
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| January 17, 2009 |
John S.Wheeler, Jr., M.D.,
Dept. Urology, Loyola University Medical Center |
Life
After Prostate Cancer |
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| November 15, 2008 |
Dr. Brian Moran, Chicago
Prostate Cancer Center
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Sex After Prostate Cancer |
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| October 18, 2008 |
Dr. Donald Novey, Director,
Center for Complementary Medicine, Advocate Medical Group |
Prostate Cancer and Complementary
Medicine |
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| September 20, 2008 |
Dr. Charles "Snuffy" Myers
(on DVD) |
Androgen
Deprivation (from the
2005 National Conference on Prostate Cancer) |
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| August 16, 2008 |
Dr. Scott Eggener,
University of Chicago |
PSA
screening for prostate cancer: the good, the bad, the unknown |
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| July 19, 2008 |
Dr. Leela Rao, Joliet
Oncology-Hematology Associates |
Advances in Prostate Cancer |
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| June 21, 2008 |
Najeeb Mohideen, MD,
Radiation Oncology, Northwest Community Hospital |
The
Role of Cyberknife Radiosurgery in Prostate Cancer |
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| May 17, 2008 |
A Panel of Our Own Members |
What You Can Do When a Doctor
Disappoints You |
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| April 19, 2008 |
Dan Herman |
Combidex - A Patient's Experience |
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| 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? |
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| 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
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| January 19, 2008 |
Eileen R. Fitzgerald, J.D.,
L.L.M; Attorney at Law |
Planning for the Possibility of
Disability |
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| December 15, 2007 |
Elyse Schneiderman, M.D.,
Hinsdale Hematology-Oncology Associates |
A Phase II Trial of E7389
(Halichondrin B Analog) |
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| 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! |
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| October 20, 2007 |
Anantha Murthy,
M.D., DuPage
Oncology Center, Winfield |
Protons
and Alternatives for Prostate Cancer |
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| September 15, 2007 |
John S.Wheeler, Jr., M.D.,
Dept. Urology, Loyola University Medical Center |
Male Urinary Incontinence |
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| August 18, 2007 |
Mark Scholz, M.D. (on
DVD) |
Treating Testosterone Independent Prostate
Cancer |
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| July 21, 2007 |
Ed Rzeszutko, Augusta
Medical
Systems
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Erectile
Dysfunction: Causes and Cures |
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| June 16, 2007 |
William J. Catalona, M.D.,
Northwestern University |
PSA
Kinetics in Prostate Cancer |
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| 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 |
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| April
21, 2007 |
Ralph Daehn
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Highlights from the 2006
PCRI Regional Conference |
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| March 17, 2007 |
Dr. Giovanni Colombo -
Specialty Care Research, Peoria, IL |
High
intensity ultrasound (HIFU) in the treatment of prostate cancer |
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| February 17, 2007 |
Elsa Miller, Northern
Illinois University |
Long Term Care Financing |
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| January 20, 2007 |
Kim Dalzell |
Fight
Prostate Cancer with a Fork! |
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| 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? |
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| November
18, 2006 |
Dr.
Charles "Snuffy" Myers (on DVD) |
Exciting New Advances in
Treatments and Detection |
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| October
14, 2006 |
Dennis
Gibson |
Meet the Professors Case
Discussions |
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| September
16, 2006 |
Don Webster
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Fatty
Acids: What's in a Name
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| August 19, 2006 |
Edwin M. Posadas, M.D.,
University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine |
The New Face of Prostate Cancer
Treatment |
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| June 17, 2006 |
Dr. James A. Sylora, Little
Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, Illinois |
Da Vinci Robotic Prostatectomy |
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| May 20, 2006 |
Daniel Shevrin, M.D. |
New "Targeted" Agents in Prostate
Cancer |
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| April 15, 2006 |
Gordon Grado, M.D.,
Scottsdale, AZ |
Radioactive Seeds |
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| March 18, 2006 |
Alan W. Bakst, Pharm. D.,
MBA, Director,
Health Economics & Outcomes Research, TAP Pharmaceutical
Products
Inc. |
CaPSURE Database |
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| February 18, 2006 |
Robert Share,
M.D., radiation oncologist, Ingalls Memorial Hospital,
Harvey, IL |
External Beam Radiation with
Hormonal Manipulation |
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