Formerly the Scottish Association of Prostate Cancer Support Groups
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Edinburgh Group Newsletter Click
on this link to read our latest newsletter in .pdf format Guest Speaker programme and events: AT
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, LIVINGSTON • Wednesday October 15th 2008 at 7 p.m. - Dr Axel Thomson will give an illustrated talk on 'Research into how the prostate grows in embyonic development and in Cancer' For your Diary - 2009 Meetings - Livingston Group • Wednesday 21st January 2009 at 7 p.m. • Wednesday 11th March 2009 at 7 p.m. • Wednesday 6th May 2009 at 7 p.m. • Wednesday 5th August 2009 at 7 p.m. • Wednesday 14th October 2009 at 7 p.m.
AT THE MAGGIES' CENTRE, WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL • Thursday 4th September 2008 at 7 p.m. - Impotence and Incontinence - Karen Campbell and Alasdair Innes, both of the Nurse Urology Department at the Western General will speak. • Thursday 6th November 2008 at 7 p.m. - Presentation from a GP (Dr Miliken) • Thursday 4th December 2008 at 7 p.m. - Christmas Social. For your Diary - 2009 Meetings - Edinburgh Group • Thursday 5th February 2009 at 7 p.m. • Thursday 2nd April 2009 at 7 p.m. • Thursday 4th June 2009 at 7 p.m. • Thursday 3rd September 2009 at 7 p.m. • Thursday 5th November 2009 at 7 p.m. • Thursday 3rd December 2009 at 7 p.m. A small group for those with advanced prostate cancer meet at Maggie's Centre. This group is chiefly intended for those men and their carers for whom hormone therapy (Zoladex etc.) is no longer effective. We
continue to monitor evidence of the impact of our Lottery-funded
special publicity campaign through Hearts’ and Hibs’
grounds and in the local press. We even picked up evidence of the
kind of response hidden from us - of men going to see their GP for
the first time. The
Group's newsletter initiated and edited by Chris Garner, is well
established as an important part of our work, in seeking to fulfil
our aims. It helps to maintain contact with those on our mailing
list who find it difficult to attend our meetings. Our committee continue to wrestle with the challenge of meeting the needs of sufferers and carers spanning a very wide range of experiences, from the newly diagnosed, especially those facing a difficult choice of treatments to the increasing number who have been through a course of chemotherapy. Our aim will be to try to ensure that every group meeting includes an opportunity for each member to talk over his own situation and questions with others, who can also speak and share from experience. The Group's introductory leaflet has been simplified. It now carries names and telephone numbers for anyone wishing to talk to one of us about a particular treatment option. We continue to field a number of varied enquiries by telephone. For advance notice of our meetings, events and guest speakers, please contact us.
Hormone
Therapy: Managing
PSA: Radical
Prostatectomy: Radiotherapy: Watchful
Waiting Brachytherapy: •
Malcolm Goldsmith, Chairman Peter
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