This page contains interesting free online educational opportunities related to Prostate Cancer. These resources are offered as a service to our patients and their families.

Click here for fundraising and other community events related to prostate and other cancers.  

CancerCare, Inc., a national cancer support and education organization, offers free telephone education workshops (TEW) and an archive of past TEWs available as podcasts.

Podcasts of past TEWs are available for topics such as:

• What New in Men's Health
• Helping Children and Teens Understand When a Parent or Loved One Has Cancer
• Understanding the Importance of Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
• The Challenges of Coping with Cancer and Other Health Problems
• The Ninth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer Part III: Stress Management for Caregivers: Taking Care of Yourself Physically and Emotionally
• The Ninth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer Part IV: Fear of Recurrence and Late Effects: Living with Uncertainty
• Caring for your Bones when you have Prostate Cancer
• Communicating with your Healthcare Team After Treatment
• Sleep Better to Feel Better
• Importance of Nutrition and Physicial Activity After Cancer
• Medical Update on Metastatic Prostate Cancer

TEW programs are free but registration is required. Visit CancerCare's website to view other TEWs and additional podcasts of past TEWs.

The Men’s Health and Wellness Center, Inc. is an Atlanta-based non-profit organization focusing on men’s health issues before and after a health crisis. Men’s Health Radio podcasts feature local and national experts on a variety of men’s health topics. Podcasts relating specifically to prostate cancer include Prostate Cancer: Know Your Options, Preparing for Prostate Cancer Surgery, and Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer. Other interesting topics include: Impact of Stress on our Health,  Kegel Exercises Before Prostate Surgery, and Factors that Could Affect a Prostate Biopsy. View a list of all available podcasts here.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network offers an informative online webinar discussing the new 2010 NCCN practice guidelines for active surveillance in cases of localized, non-aggressive prostate cancer . This webinar is geared for professionals but presented in an easy to understand format. The webinar is free but you must register. (Simply click "other" when asked for medical specialty during the registration process.)  

The Prostate Net, a national prostate cancer organization with specific outreach to the African-American community, offers a variety of podcasts on topics such as Understanding the PSA test, Managing Side Effects of Treatment, Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer and Refractory Prostate Cancer. View a list of available podcasts here.

UsTOO International, a prostate cancer advocacy organization, offers online access to podcasts on a variety of prostate cancer related topics such as Intimacy & Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer and Your Bones, and Estrogen Deficiency Side Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy.

NOTE: To submit an educational opportunity to us for possible inclusion on our website, please send your request and a link to the program to rsevy@sjha.org. All submissions will be considered but not all will be included on the PCC website. Requests to publicize Run/Walk, Golf Tournaments or other fundraising activities will be accepted provided that the sponsoring organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a clear prostate cancer mission.

Disclaimer: All links to other Web sites are provided solely as a convenience to our patients. If you use these links, you will leave the Prostate Cancer Center at Saint Joseph's (PCC) Web site. The PCC is not responsible for any content, materials or other information located on or accessible from any linked site. PCC does not endorse, guarantee, or make any representation or warranties regarding any linked site, or any content, materials or other information location on or accessible from such linked site, or the results you may obtain from using such linked site. If you decide to access any linked site, you do so entirely at your own risk. You should review the policies and terms of use associated with any linked site closely before using or submitting information to the linked site.

Last Updated: September 14, 2011 (RSH)