The Prostate Cancer Research Institute has a number of educational resources available to help you in your journey.

• Helpline: Talk with a staff member to help you understand your diagnosis and treatment options.
• Newsletters
• Online Forums
• Shades

Newsletters

PCRI publishes two newsletters:

PCRI Insights is a quarterly magazine available both in electronic and print format, and features current information about the latest in prostate cancer research and treatment options.

PCRI Weekly is distributed as an e-newsletter every Thursday, and features a variety of topics, including articles on new treatments, information about upcoming events in the prostate cancer community, and clinical trial information.

Helpline

Phone: 800-641-PCRI or 310-743-2110

E-mail: help@pcri.org

PCRI maintains a knowledgeable Helpline staff, whose purpose is to help the patient understand his diagnosis and treatment options. PCRI’s Helpline facilitators are Nathan Roundy, a prostate cancer survivor; Jan Manarite, the wife of a prostate cancer patient; and Silvia Cooper, the daughter of a prostate cancer patient.

Helpline facilitators provide callers with articles and other educational materials and peer-reviewed medical literature from the PCRI archives.

The PCRI Helpline facilitators do not provide medical advice. Rather, their goal is to help the patient gain knowledge to empower him and his caregivers, and to promote better communication with his medical providers in the hopes of obtaining the best possible outcomes.

Click here to read more about the Helpline.

Blue Community

The Prostate Cancer Blue Community was launched in 2011 to promote a supportive environment for men with prostate cancer, their families and caregivers to talk with one another and share their experiences.

The Blue Community is comprised of several online forums where patients and advocates can join discussions according to their individual SHADE of prostate cancer. Men can also ask questions about various treatments and side effects, which are answered by PCRI Helpline staff.

PCRI hopes the Blue Community will serve as a place for men to talk with one another and facilitate education and empowerment in the prostate cancer community.

Helpline

Phone: 800-641-PCRI or 310-743-2110

E-mail: help@pcri.org

PCRI maintains a knowledgeable Helpline staff, whose purpose is to help the patient understand his diagnosis and treatment options. PCRI’s Helpline facilitators are Nathan Roundy, a prostate cancer survivor; Jan Manarite, the wife of a prostate cancer patient; and Silvia Cooper, the daughter of a prostate cancer patient.

Helpline facilitators provide callers with articles and other educational materials and peer-reviewed medical literature from the PCRI archives.

The PCRI Helpline facilitators do not provide medical advice. Rather, their goal is to help the patient gain knowledge to empower him and his caregivers, and to promote better communication with his medical providers in the hopes of obtaining the best possible outcomes.

Click here to read more about the Helpline.

PCRI’s annual Prostate Cancer Conference brings together the world’s leading expert in prostate cancer research and treatment for an educational and empowering weekend of lectures, seminars, support groups and activities for men and their families.

The 2012 conference included sessions from the following prominent faculty:

Fabio Almeida, MD

William Aronson, MD

Duke Bahn, MD

John Blasko, MD

Lori Buckley, PsyD

Robert Dreicer, MD

Eugene Kwon, MD

Richard Lam, MD

Mark Moyad, MD

John Mulhall, MD

Charles “Snuffy” Myers, MD

Mark Scholz, MD

Michael Steinberg, MD

Stephen Strum, MD

Click here to see the slide shows from presentations at the 2012 conference.