On Thursday 27th October 2011, the Federation held a workshop for members to learn about, and discuss, how to amelioriate the impact of prostate cancer on our lifestyles, and how lifestyle changes can improve our chances as we fight the disease.
We had talks from the following speakers:
Tanju Thevar of iMedicare, whose talk was entitled “SOMAtherapy ED: Penile Fitness in your hands” and discussed various approaches to restoring erectile function after prostate cancer treatment. Dr Jasmin Hussein, Chief Medical Officer, Oncology Division, Sanofi Avensis, who spoke on “Continuum of care in patients with metastatic prostate cancer”.
Prof Robert Thomas of Cranfield University, author of Lifestyle After Cancer – the facts, who spoke on “The evidence for practical self-help initiatives after prostate cancer”. Prof Margaret Rayman, Professor of Nutritional Medicine at Surrey University and author of The Prostate Care Cookbook, who spoke on diet and prostate cancer.
The day concluded with an Open Forum: What can we do to minimise prostate cancer’s impact on our lifestyles? chaired by Emma Malcolm, Chief Executive, Prostate Action, in which a we received a useful further contribution from Dr Caroline Hoffman, Clinical and Research Director of the Haven.
A full description of the Workshop can be found in the Autumn 2011 Issue (14) of Prostate Matters.
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This page was updated on 11th January 2012
