AR Prostate Cancer Foundation PEER NETWORK Northeast in Jonesboro - July 7

From: Jul 7th, 2011 @ 6:00 pm
To: Jul 7th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm

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Hello!
I would like to invite you on behalf of the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation
to our Peer Network meeting of Prostate
Cancer Survivors. The meetings are held on the first Thursday of
every month, and this month’s meeting will be on July 7th, from
6-7:30 p.m. at UAMS Center on Aging Northeast on East Matthews in Jonesboro.

Northeast Arkansas Peer Network Meeting

Thursday, July 7

6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

UAMS Center on Aging Northeast

303 E Matthews

Jonesboro, AR

The
APCF Peer Network provides a safe and
confidential environment for you to talk freely about your experiences as
you progress through stages of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. You can
communicate your concerns, questions, knowledge, and experience and gain
valuable insight from other survivors*. You may even find yourself
laughing at humor that only fellow survivors would appreciate! A Survivor-Mentor is
available by calling 1-800-338-1383.

“I am grateful for all the advance information and
encouragement I received from you and the Peer Network. It was as helpful
as any other thing I did to prepare for the operation once I made the
decision. It is great that such an avenue exists to assist men and their
partners understand what to do and how to deal with it after the surgery.”

Charlie
C., Survivor

*A
survivor is anyone battling cancer – the person, partner, friend, caregiver
and/or extended family.

For more information, call the APCF offices at 501-748-1293

About
the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation

The
Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation, an independent public charity, was founded
by six prostate cancer survivors and an advisory committee of physicians in
February 2000. The Foundation’s mission is to promote awareness, encourage
timely detection and support improved treatment of prostate cancer in Arkansas.
The Foundation sponsors free prostate cancer screenings at sites throughout the
state and provides support through the PEER NETWORK, which consists of
survivors and survivor-mentors. For more information visit www.arprostatecancer.org or call at
1-800-338-1383.

About
Prostate Cancer

Prostate
cancer is diagnosed every two minutes in the United States. In Arkansas,
approximately 2,000 men are told they have prostate cancer each year, and more
than 300 die from the disease. In fact, more Arkansas men die of prostate
cancer than women die of breast cancer. A man’s chance of surviving the disease
is 99 percent with timely diagnosis and treatment. All men over the age of 40,
especially those who are African American or who have a family history of the
disease, should establish a baseline prostate specific antigen score or PSA
score. Equally as important as the actual score is whether the number is
going up and by how much. This is known as PSA velocity and can
indicate an aggressive cancer.

See
you there!

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