2002 USToo! Texoma Newsletter Index

 March

• Chairman’s letter: Welcome to the first issue
• MEETING: "What do you want to know about seeds? Q and A Session”, Mary Hebert.  .
• Prostate cancer tests: follows breast cancer path
• What about vitamin E?
• Recovery after PC Therapies: Life Quality
• Double Suicide gene therapy: hope for hormone refractory cases?
• Expressive writing for cancer patients—remember who you were before.
• How do I interpret my PSA?
• Pet therapy

April

·        Chairman’s letter: R.B. McGowen and why you are needed to help

·      MEETING "Hormal therapy; a treatment for prostate cancer: “, R.B. McGowen

• Telling our stories-a cancer therapy . The Value of Writing Personal Stories, Jerry Lincecum, Professor of English, Austin College

·        Prostate cancer as a major public health concern –and treatments. 

·        What are the first symptoms of prostate cancer?  

·        Gene Therapy –a promise for the future

·        MILWAUKEE~AREA HOSPITAL TESTS USE OF RADIO WAVES ON
SEVERE CA PAIN  

·        Whole pelvis vs. targeted prostate radiation

·        Are seeds effective?—severe CaP: No, other wise yes,

May - June

·        Chairman’s column: couldn’t get a speaker for May.  Dr’s choose not to help..

·        MEETING:    No meetings during the summer.

·        New Genetic Marker for CaP 

·        PC Spes, a last-resort drug is discontinued

·        Seeds Explained

·        Book Review: "His Prostate and Me"

July - August

·        Chairman’s column:  Plans to vary programs and meeting sites

• MEETING: No meetings in the summer
• What about Vitamin E?
• Male Cancer on Increase "Prostate cancer is set to become the most common cancer in men within the next three years”, experts have said
• PSA Less Reliable in Hispanic Populations.
•  Music For Stress Relief

·        Chronic Prostatitus

·        CLA May Help to Inhibit Proliferation of Prostate Cancer

• What to Do When the Rain Begins to Fall –did you save for a rainy day?

 September

• Chairman’s Column:   More on meeting plans
• Meeting Dr. Larry Barker "Late Stage Prostate Cancer Options"
• What about Vitamin E and Selenium?
• DES Prevents Bone Loss Associated With Hormone Therapy
• Eligard is a New Prostate Cancer Drug Omega-3 Hype
• Rise in PSA and Positive Biopsies May be Wrong Signal

October

·        The Chairman’s Column:  Review of the 2002 Annual MD Anderson Network meeting.

·        MEETING: "How Your Pathologist Can Help You with Your Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment", Dr. Joseph Barnes, Pathologist, TMC

·        M.D. Anderson Low Impact exercises to combat fatigue

• What about vitamin E and Selenium?

·        DES Prevents Bone Loss Associated With Hormone Therapy

·        Eligard is a New Prostate Cancer Drug

·        Omega-3 Hype

·        Lycopene Can Help Black Men or "Eat More Tomato Sauce"

·        Rise in PSA and Positive Biopsies May be Wrong Signal

November

·        The Chairman’s Column: Stress

·        MEETING: "Prostate Cancer: Screening for Early Cancer and Preventative Options",  Dr. J. Patrick McGrael, Urologist, offices in Denison, Texas

·       M.D. Anderson:  Dr. Truett's suggestions on how to combat fatigue Cryosurgery

• Advanced prostate cancer
• Newer radiation methods

December

·        The Chairman’s Column: Help from members

·        Meeting:  No meeting in December

·        Repeat of earlier articles