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Prostate Cancer Basics

Prostate Cancer Support Groups, USA + Worldwide

USA | UK (United Kingdom) | Canada | Israel | Australia

USA

• Man to Man
  Local support groups for prostate cancer survivors and partners. Meets monthly across USA. Newsletter. Sponsored by American Cancer Society.
• US TOO International, Inc. Find a chapter near you.
  Local support groups and education for prostate cancer survivors and partners. Meet monthly. Newsletter, publications.

Local US TOO chapters:

• Arizona USToo!Prostate Cancer Education and Support Group
• Kansas - Wichita Prostate Cancer Education and Support Group

State and Local, USA

• Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation
• California Prostate Cancer Coalition Support Groups List
• North Carolina Prostate Cancer Coalition
• San Jose, CA Prostate Cancer Support Group site loads slowly but lists info for scores of regional and local support groups.
• Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH (support group)
• New Jersey -ean and Betty Gallo Center: prostate cancer support groups
• New York State Prostate Cancer Coalition Support groups and lectures schedule

United Kingdom (UK)

• PSA: Prostate Cancer Support Association, UK Set up by a small group of prostate cancer patients in 1995 and has developed into a national association of self-help and support groups. It is managed by and for men with prostate cancer, their families and those who are interested in improving the care and support of those affected by this form of cancer. Our services are free of charge to anyone and are funded entirely by membership subscriptions and donations.
  Box 9434, London WC1N 3XX
• PSA in the North
  http://www.prostatecancersupport.org/
  Affiliated with national association in the UK (above) and to the Us Too! support organisation in the USA. Managed by and for men with prostate cancer, their families and those who are interested in improving the care and support of those affected by this form of cancer.
• THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF PROSTATE SUPPORT GROUPS
  President: John Duncan - Algo Business Centre, Glenearn Road, Perth, PH2 0NJ Tel: 01738 450415
The Prostate Cancer Charity
UK charity offering support and information in the form of a Help Line and a range of literature as well as funding research into the disease.
Helpline Telephone: 0845 300 8383 Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm plus Wednesday 7pm - 9pm
Text: 0845 300 8484 Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm
Email: info[insert "at" sign]prostate-cancer.org.uk

CANADA

• Canadian Prostate Cancer Network
• PSA (Prostate Cancer Support and Awareness Group), Canadian Cancer Society:
  Canadian Cancer Society - BC and Yukon Division
• Calgary Prostate Institute Resource Center
• Manitoba Prostate Cancer Support Group
• Ontario Prostate Cancer support groups
• Prostate Cancer Support Group of Newfoundland and Labrador
• PEI (Prince Edward Island) Prostate Cancer Support Group
  Charlottetown
• Fondation Canadienne de Recherche sur le Cancer de la Prostate / Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada

ISRAEL

• Shalom Prostate | ???? ???????? ??????? Contact Lenny Hirsch Tel Aviv; 0528300467; Haifa and the north 0544570595

AUSTRALIA

• YANA (Australia and South Africa) "You Are Note Alone" Mission "to provide comfort to any man diagnosed with prostate cancer, and to offer thoughtful support to him and his family, by providing them with and guiding them to suitable information." Created and managed by Terry Herbert.
• Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

Prostate Cancer Survivor Sites

Robert Young's site has made a major contribution to prostate cancer awareness and quality support.

Don Cooley's Fight with Prostate Cancer
Don's seed implant, treatment updates, and beyond

Virgil's Prostate Online created and operated by Virgil Simmons.

PSA Rising Voices

http://www.psa-rising.com/voices/

survivors share their experiences. and a newsier side:

http://www.psa-rising.com/living/

Howard Cohen's Website  Patient-authored articles and personal prostate cancer treatment history. Text written 10 March 2000 - 01 June 2005

The Median Isn't the Message by Stephen Jay Gould reprinted onSteve Dunn's Cancerguide

Charlie's Beach and the Pebanche FAQ
by Charlie Gould, cancer survivor x 2