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Helen Baldwin
Executive Director
James Yowell
Director of Operations
Jessica Middleton-Kurylo
Director of Development
Lauren TalbotDirector of Programs
Catherine Piazza
Outreach Coordinator
Hanna Shearon
Patient Navigator
Marita Pilcher
Peer Network Facilitator
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Greetings!
There's a firestorm in the media following the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 'draft' recommendation against prostate cancer screening with the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. The USPSTF is made up of pediatricians, gynecologists, family practitioners and internists - no cancer specialists.
Because the cancer begins on the prostate's outer edges, it produces no symptoms until it is far advanced and too late to cure. An apparently healthy man may have a steadily climbing PSA. The USPSTF recommendation will deny a man the opportunity for diagnosis and treatment options.
The recommendation will be disproportionately detrimental to high-risk men including African-American men who are more likely to be diagnosed with PC and much more likely to die of it. The action will unnecessarily increase healthcare disparities.
Side effects of prostate cancer treatment are greatly diminished with expert surgeons and ongoing improvements in treatment.
If you would like to express your opinion, the USPSTF is accepting comments here or your can address your letter to:
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS NOVEMBER 8, 2011!
Dr. Robert Cosby
c/o USPSTF
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
To read the draft, click here.
To comment, click here.
To contact your Senator, click here.
To contact your Congressman, click here.
As always, if you have any questions, suggestions, comments or anecdotes, please e-mail us at info@arprostatecancer.org or give us a call at 501-748-1249.
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A Rockin' Bow Tie Affair | |
 | | Honoree John DiPippa and Family Celebrate |
If you didn't make the 2011 Boys & Their Toys Presents: "A Rockin' Bow Tie Affair," you missed a rockin' good time. The soon-to-be-world-famous B-Flats, a boogie band of professionals who have yet to quit their day jobs, and Craig O'Neil were in rare form.
Especially entertaining was the array of bow-tying styles sported while the crowd applauded honoree, John DiPippa. The Bow Tie Cause initiated the idea.
Participants also enjoyed a charity raffle, an exciting auction, fine food and a night of dancing.
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The Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation would like to thank all the generous people who helped make this event an overwhelming success. Without your support, it would be impossible to discharge our mission of promoting awareness, encouraging timely detection and supporting improved treatement of prostate cancer in Arkansas.
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APCF Signature Bow Ties Available | |
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Our signature bow tie was produced by The Bow Tie Cause, an organization founded by Dhani Jones, NFL football player and host of the Travel Channel's Dhani Tackles the Globe, to help promote nonprofit causes. All proceeds from the event and tie sales stay with the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation.
"If you wanna be somebody, ya gotta rock a bow tie." Kunta Littlejohn, confirmed by Craig O'Neill and John DiPippa, Esq.
Order yours by calling 1-800-338-1383 or 501-748-1249. |
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Special Guests for the Peer Network Little Rock Meeting, Monday, November 14 | | |
This month's Peer Network will focus on relationships. We are thrilled to have Rebecca Ward, LCSW, and Howard Turney, PhD, as our guest speakers. Rebecca is a licensed clinical social worker in a private practice that offers individual and marital therapy. She has been in practice for thirty years, and is well known for her appearances on Channel KATV's Good Morning Arkansas where she answers viewers' questions on marriage. She is the author of How to Stay Married Without Going Crazy.
Howard is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed marriage and family therapist. He has been in practice for over twenty years, and is the Director of the School of Social Work at UALR. In addition, both Howard and Rebecca teach courses on marriage and family at the Psychiatric Research Institute at UAMS. They are both Clinical Members of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Peer Network Central - Little Rock
Meets the second Monday of each month, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Second Presbyterian Church, Room 67
600 Pleasant Valley Drive
Little Rock, AR
For directions, click here.
Peer Network - Ft. Smith
Meets weekly on Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Reynolds Cancer Support House
3324 South M Street
Ft Smith, AR
For directions, click here.
Peer Network Northeast - Jonesboro
Meets the first Thursday of each month, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
UAMS Center on Aging Northeast
303 E Matthews
Jonesboro, AR
For directions, click here.
Peer Network Northwest - Springdale
Meets the third Tuesday of each month, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Springdale Country Club
608 W Lakeview Dr
Springdale, AR
For directions, click here. |
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