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Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
September 19-25, 2010
With Prostate Cancer
Awareness Week just around the corner, PCEC has some suggestions to make your
Prostate Health Screening Event more efficient and successful.
Pre-Screening Top Three Tips:
- Prepare your Participant Kits in advance of your screening event. Placing the barcodes on forms, and test tubes prior to your event and clipping each individual packet together helps on event day and allows you to be prepared for any rushes of men. Often local support groups will volunteer to help prepare the packets!
- Make sure you have
ordered an ample amount of Screening Questionnaires, PSA Lab Kits and
Educational Materials. If you
haven't ordered your supplies yet, please contact PCEC at 1-866-477-6788 as
soon as possible!
- All Registered Screening Sites
will receive a Media Kit which includes: template press releases, newspaper drop-in ads, public service
announcements, posters, advertisements and recommendations for successful
marketing. The information is available electronically as well just contact us!
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Watch for our NEW
"Knowledge is Power" Poster:
PCEC wants to ensure that your participants fully understand Prostate Screening. We are excited to launch our new Knowledge is Power Poster which is designed to ensure participants understand and are educated on the risks and benefits of screening! Watch for this useful new poster with your screening supplies! | Contact us today for more an electronic version
1-866-4PROST8
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PCEC Longitudinal Research
The
Prostate Cancer Education Council is dedicated to ongoing research, and
actively participates in the development of new technologies to advance the
detection and treatment of prostate cancer. As part of this commitment,
the PCEC collects and analyzes extensive data and serum samples from screening
participants, under an institutional review board (IRB)-approved research
protocol. These unique stores of information have proven to be valuable
assets in the federal approval of early Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood
tests, identifying new biomarkers, establishing the link between body mass
index (BMI) and prostate cancer, and assessing patient prostate cancer risk.
While the
primary focus of PCAW is to provide prostate health screenings, we also focus on efforts to track and study patients
longitudinally. Efforts of our longitudinal research include following diagnoses and treatment options for
conditions such as: benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), Erectile Dysfunction
(ED), elevated Cholesterol, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS).
PCEC is also working to
gather outcome information from PCAW participants with abnormal results. Currently, this is primarily accomplished via a Follow-Up Form which consists of four questions addressing treatment
options, if a patient chose to have a follow-up based on their screening results.
PCEC would like to congratulate and applaud the 65 Longitudinal Screening Sites! Forty of these sites have been
screening consecutively for three or more years; and twenty have
been screening two or more years! Participation as a Longitudinal Site ensures forward progression in prostate health research and directly impacting patient care.
| What More Information on Longitudinal Sites - click here
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Screening Site "Notes From Your Peers"
| - It is very easy to
participate in research studies by upgrading your Basic Screening Site to a Tracking
or Longitudinal Study Site.
- PCEC provides registered screening sites with Screening Check-In signs! These signs help direct your
participants to the proper area to check in.
- PCEC has "Know-Your-Numbers" wallet
cards for participants to keep track of their blood test results from year to year! Look for them in you supply shipment!
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The PACE RACE Series
Volunteering!
Volunteering is great way to give back to the community and it's a good way to get to know what's happening in your city. In 2009, 26.8 percent of the population volunteered at an event, function, or gathering. Charity runs and walks are a perfect way to show your support for the cause, and to help your fellow neighbor or friend. The best part of volunteering is that it is free! If you enjoy being surrounded by positive people, enjoy giving back to your community and want to support the cause, then we encourage you to volunteer!
Three Ways to Volunteer for the PACE Race
for Prostate Cancer:
- Volunteer for a PACE Race in your community - click here
| - Learn about the National PACE Race series - click here
- Join the many Physician Groups across the country hosting a PACE Race Event - click here
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7009 S. Potomac Street, Suite 125 - Centennial, CO 80112
1-866-4PROST8
www.prostateconditions.org
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Become a Fan to Our Page
Join the Prostate Conditions Education Council on Facebook to keep up to date with current news and events!
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Visit the
PACE Race Website
to view the
2010 Series & Dates
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www.PACErace.org
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Watch It Now
Please visit the Healthy Body Healthy Mind iTV website to watch an excellent patient video on advanced disease, bone loss and early detection
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Watch the Video Now
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Donate Now.
Help save the lives of our fathers, brothers, and husbands with a simple donation.
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National Council Physicians
| E. David Crawford, M.D.
University of Colorado
David G. McLeod, M.D Walter Reed Army
Mark Moyad, M.D.
University of
Michigan
Alan W. Partin, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins
Daniel
Petrylak, M.D.
Columbia-Presbyterian
Mack Roach, M.D.
University
of Calif. SF
Neal Shore, M.D., FACS
Carolina Urologic Research
Center
Frank
Staggers, M.D.
NMA
Nelson
N. Stone, M.D.
Mount Sinai
Wendy Poage, MHA.
President
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