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Dr. A.J. Mundt assembled a fantastic panel for the first IPCSG Webinar of 2021. Below is the list of speakers and an overview of their presentations. (Following the presentations audiance questions were answered)
Dr.Richard Lam
GENETIC TESTING IN PROSTATE CANCER
A double board-certified internist and oncologist, Richard Lam, MD, has been specializing full time at Prostate Oncology Specialists in the treatment of prostate cancer since 2001.
Dr. Lam discussed genetic testing and how it's being applied for prostate cancer research, diagnosis and treatment.
As always, his presentations was very informative and presented in an easily understood format. He also brought a great wit with a touch of humor.
Dr.Carl Rossi and Dr. Einck
Advances in Proton Therapy
Carl Rossi, MD, radiation oncologist and Medical Director of the California Proton Treatment Center has personally treated more than 10,000 prostate cancer patients with proton radiation over the last 26 years—more than any other physician in the world.
John P. Einck, MD, Radiation Oncologist and Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences believes in a team-based approach to patient care. Dr. Einck joined California Protons Cancer shortly after the center’s opening in 2014. His treatment philosophy emphasizes patient education and encourages everyone to participate in deciding what course of treatment is best for them and their personal goals.
Due to COVID-19, no in-person meetings will be held at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute until further notice.
Dr. Sumit Subudhi is a medical oncologist and immunologist whose research focuses on the mechanisms and pathways within the immune system that are responsible for tumor rejection.
Dr. Subudhi’s work includes examining the effects of targeting immune checkpoints (e.g., CTLA-4 and PD-1) in prostate cancer and continuing to uncover the mechanisms that tumors use to evade the immune system.
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Due to COVID-19, no in-person meetings will be held at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute until further notice.
About Richard Russell
As the enrollment period for Social Security nears, Richard Russell, a licensed sales agent will be discussing Social Security and supplemental plans.
Richard will focus on Medicare enrollment, what each of the parts A, B, C & D mean, the differences between only having original Medicare verses private insurance plans, and when it makes the most sense to compliment/supplement Original Medicare.
He will also discuss options people have, when to make changes and why. Another important topic, special election periods, what and when they are.
Please note, Richard can answer general questions as to the presentation and other items that may come to mind. If Richard feel it is private in nature he will defer to contacting him directly for the answer.
Due to COVID-19, no in-person meetings will be held at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute until further notice.
Three of IPCS’s members tell of their journey with Prostate Cancer.
Gene Van Vleet – Welcome message and overview of IPCSG’s mission. Gene will then discuss his personal journey with Prostate Cancer, how it was detected and his decisions about treatment.
Dick Howard – He was under the care of an oncologist late last year. A biopsy was done, but complications occurred. A very scary time for Dick. He talks about his journey from the biopsy to how he found IPCSG, and how IPCSG helped him become his own case manager!
Ralph Hughes - His journey started in May 2014 PSA 3.95 and rising. Following a Biopsy, he had a proctectomy, but as many of us have experienced, he had a Recurrence. Ralph shares several valuable lessons he learned along his journey.
Due to COVID-19, no in-person meetings will be held at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute until further notice.
This IPCSG webinar was presented live over the internet using "ZOOM" software. The presentations were recorded and are available on Youtube in the link to the right.
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, MD, Director of San Diego Sexual Medicine will speak about some of the negative side effects of prostate cancer treatment and their management, including urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. He will also discuss contemporary research in these areas.
Dr. Andrew Goldstein, PhD Professor-in-Residence of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA will explain how healthy prostate cells develop into cancer, and how prostate cancer cells develop resistance to therapy, which is critical for improving disease diagnosis and identifying new treatment options. He will present some of his laboratory's basic science research that will enable us to better understand prostate cancer biology and may lead to new approaches for therapy in the future.
Due to COVID-19, no in-person meetings will be held at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute until further notice.
Dr. Bhangoo will discuss the latest cancer science related to prostate cancer that was presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting. There were over 250 cancer related presentations with several focused on Prostate Cancer.
ASCOs Mission is to conquer cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.
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Dr. Bhangoo is a hematologist and oncologist at the Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center who treats patients with a variety of cancer diagnoses. He has a specific clinical expertise in the management of cancers involving the genitourinary tract, including prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer and testicular cancer.
Dr. Bhangoo is passionate about improving cancer care through biomedical research. He has a special interest in finding personalized approaches to cancer care based on tumor-specific alterations. He works collaboratively with his colleagues at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to clarify the molecular mechanisms underpinning cancer biology with the hope of discovering new therapeutic strategies. His research has been published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, The Oncologist, Oncotarget, Molecular and Clinical Oncology and BMC Cancer.
This Livestream event has ended.
As requested by Dr. Bhangoo, no recording or DVD's are available.
We have invited Dr. Bhangoo back to give his presentation again in the near future.
Alan J. Hsu, MD Psychiatrist, UC San Diego Health, is a board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in treating cancer patients struggling with mood and anxiety issues brought on by cancer.
Dr. Hsu will discuss coping mechanisms and techniques on how to deal with Stress and Anxiety that have been brought on by a cancer diagnosis.
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