Meeting Notices for November

Starting with this month, this site will also post meeting notices for the Pahrump chapter as well as for the Las Vegas chapter.

For this month on Las Vegas:
Meeting date is November 17 at 7:00 PM at the Nevada Cancer Institute.
Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang will be discussing advanced treatment therapies for patients with progressive prostate cancer. This information is useful to ALL patients, however. Please come and see this renowned speaker and prostate cancer oncologist

For this Month in Pahrump:
Meeting date is November 19 at 1:00pm at the Pahrump Senior Center on 1370 West Basin Street. Dr. Vogelzang is also speaking at this event (note his dedication to the patient community). Tony Crispino, head of the Las Vegas Chapter, will also be there bringing much need handout supplies for the Pahrump chapter.

See you soon!

USPSTF Link to their call to end prostate cancer screening...

This is the draft recommendation to end all screening in men for prostate cancer. The comments section is open until November 9th. Please be heard. USPSTF Draft Recommendation to End all screening for prostate cancer Again come this Thursday to discuss.

Meeting Notice for October 20, 2011

Big night. We will be announcing the results of our 2 mile prostate cancer awareness walk. Also a huge topic in the prostate cancer industry ~ the US Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft announcement recommending against all screening for prostate cancer in all men. We will talk about the pro's and Con's of that announcement. Later we have Dr. Oscar Goodman speaking on advanced prostate cancer... Click here for information on Dr. Oscar Goodman. Come and see this great event...Certain to be good news, controversy, and wisdom being shared...

Meeting Notice September 15

Another big month...Prostate Cancer Awareness Month We will have a presentation on the PCRI Conference. Also we are having an Open House that evening. We are extending time to patients to discuss their individual cases. Additionally, we are doing our final planning for the upcoming "This One's for the Boys" prostate cancer awareness event. We need your support... See you there...

Meeting Notice for August 18

Hi Everybody. The summer break is over and we have a meeting this Thursday as usual at the Nevada Cancer Institute, 10441 West Twain at 7:00pm...

This month is a busy one as we have several things to discuss:

1> Our Guest Speaker is Skip Lockwood. Skip is the CEO of Zero-The project to End Prostate Cancer based in Washington DC. This is a lobby group that has been working with congress to get funding for prostate cancer research. He will update us on where the money is join and give us ways to help.

2> We have a major event for our group on September 24th. UsTOO in conjunction with 21st Century Oncology, is hosting a "This One's for the Boy's" Prostate cancer awareness walk at UNLV. Proceeds with go the CARE.org (75%) and to our own chapter (25%). Already we have received an $1,846.00 contribution from 21st Century to sponsor our meetings. I want to talk to our group about ways to bring awareness to our community through a committee we need to appoint. Please come and help us with this effort...

3> The Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) is hosting their annual Summit in Los Angeles. I will be driving down to attend and if anyone wants to go, we can pay a limited number of tuitions and I will be glad to have them ride with me. I have a place to stay down there, but you may need a room at the hotel where the event is being help. UsTOO will get the tuition, you will need to get the room.

We have a very important meeting this month ~ I look forward to seeing you...

Meeting Notice for June 16

Nutritionist Amy Patton from the Nevada Cancer Institute will be our guest speaker for this months meeting. We will also be discussing this weekends Prostate Cancer awareness night at Cashman Field for Fathers Day. We have the opportunity to throw out the first pitch for the 51's game and we need to select our volunteers for the day.

A special friend...

This little fella is very special. He is made from a used chemotherapy drug bottle and clay. He was made by cancer survivors who give them away to patients during their chemo. The organization that provides information on how to do this is called "Bottles of Hope"... I decided to name this little mascot Walter. He is named after a friend that recently passed away from prostate cancer.

Meeting the Mayor(s)

From left to right, prostate cancer specialist Dr. Oscar Goodman Jr., UsTOO Las Vegas chapter president Tony Crispino, Mayor Elect Carolyn Goodman, and Mayor Oscar Goodman Sr.

2011 National Cancer Survivors Day

Chapter President Tony Crispino talks prostate cancer with Las Vegas Mayor Elect Carolyn Goodman. Prostate cancer specialist Dr. Oscar Goodman Jr. looks on.

Meeting Notice for April 21st

Our meeting for April 21st has had a change of plan. Dr. Joel Marcus was scheduled to come and speak but he was laid off by the Nevada Cancer Institute in the recent layoffs and has had to decline the egagement.

Last month we had Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang come and he basically changed the plans of doing his presentation to answering questions about various topics including the recent news regarding Dr. Kaplan.

Because Dr. Marcus won't be coming Dr. Vogelzang has offered to come back and he will be presenting clinical trials and more information in regard to early and late prostate cancer. This works well because Dr. Vogelzang will not be able to return during 2011 due to scheduling conflicts. Anytime we can have a world recognized prostate cancer oncologist come we should take him up on the opportunity.

So please come see us. We also have more of the Mark Moyad books and information from Sanofi-aventis and the new Jevtana chemotherapy drug.

Meeting Notice for March 17, 2011, at 7:00PM

Meeting Notice for March 17, 2011. Oncologist/Researcher Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang returns to our group to talk about current and upcoming clinical trials. Come see us at 7:00pm in the auditorium.

http://www.cccnevada.com/cccn_abt_medteam_vogelzang.htm

Thank you Dr. Tim Wilson and the City of Hope

Another thank you to the City of Hope and to Dr. Tim Wilson for his presenting tonight. It was a special night with great attendance. When dropping Dr. Wilson off he said he loved our program and would if requested return. Thank you Dr. W.

Thank you Dr. Brian Golden!

A very special thank you to Dr. Brian Golden for attending and participating in our meeting tonight. Dr. Golden is a favorite son of Las Vegas and he specializes on the DaVinci system. It was great to have him in our group.

Meeting Notice for February 17th 2011

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Tim Wilson from the City of Hope located in Duarte California. Dr. Wilson is a urologic oncologist and surgeon. He has performed over 1,500 radical prostatectomies using the Da Vinci robotic surgical system. He has won several awards including "Professor of the Year" at the University of Southern California.

Click Here for Dr. Wilson's Bio

2011 Meeting Schedule

Below is our Schedule for 2011. We still have to fill the dates with speakers, but those to which we have already booked the speakers are listed. Speakers are generally booked with 3 months lead time to help accommodate our speakers scheduling needs. Many times a speaker is booked further out only to have to cancel. We thank all of our guest speakers for giving us their time when they can...

January 20 2011: Open House Event. We will be bringing food and refreshments
February 17 2011: Dr. Tim Wilson from the City of hope will be speaking on the current state of robotic surgery for prostate cancer. He will also give us an overview of the CoH prostate cancer program
March 17 2011: Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang from CCCN will be speaking. He will be providing the latest information from the 2011 ASCO event.

April 21 2011: Not yet booked
May 19 2011: Not yet booked
June 16 2011: Not yet booked
July 2011: We do not meet in July
August 18 2011: Not yet booked
September 15 2011: Tentative ~ Nicholas Vogelzang
October 20 2011: Not yet booked
November 17 2011: Not yet booked

Meeting Notice for January 20th, 2011

Meeting Notice for Thursday January 20th, 2011... This month we are having an open house for our survivors and their loved ones. Snacks and soft drinks will be provided. If you would like to bring something it is allowed. We will have normal meeting start with news and information. We will also have some new members to meet. A brief discussion on stress management will be presented by Dr. Joel Stokes.