December 2007     Volume 1    #4


Succession planning in support groups
Personal health records: Survival tools
DCA: Promising cancer treatment?
WWPCC to World Cancer Congress


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Prostate cancer survivors invited to World Cancer Congress

Representatives of the newly formed World Wide Prostate Cancer Coalition (WWPCC) have been invited to speak at the prestigious UICC World Cancer Congress to be held in Geneva this summer. This will be the twentieth conference sponsored by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) since its foundation in 1933, but the planned presentation from the WWPCC marks a first. "We think it's the first time that people representing a coalition of prostate cancer survivors and interest groups from around the world have been invited to participate at this level," remarks CPCN Executive Director Wally Seeley. "It's a remarkable opportunity."

The World Wide Prostate Cancer Coalition was formed after the leaders of various national prostate cancer survivor organizations from Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States met at the World Cancer Congress in Washington in the summer of 2006. A further meeting in Barcelona this fall fleshed out the details.

The WWPCC is dedicated to sharing "information, ideas, visions, and dreams to minimize the impact of prostate diseases, especially prostate cancer, in the global community." It will do this, in part, by providing an environment and repository where interested organizations can access and share relevant information. The group plans to
  • foster information to educate men based on relevant patient-centred care,
  • collaborate with professional organizations to support optimal medical treatments,
  • encourage organizations around to world to pursue quality of life issues based on solidarity and mutual respect, and
  • promote the establishment of patient groups.

    • CPCN President Bob Shiell has been involved in this initiative from the start, and he and Wally Seeley are currently serving on the WWPCC executive (pro tem). Both plan to participate in the 2008 UICC World Cancer Conference. Watch the CPCN website for more World Wide Prostate Cancer Coalition news.



     

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