Events

Conferences, meetings and other upcoming events relevant to prostate cancer

Forthcoming events

31 May 2022

AnCan webinar: 'Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer'

Virtual - online event

AnCan is presenting a webinar, entitled “Optimizing Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Prostate Cancer, 8-9:30 p.m. Eastern on May 31. Register at: https://bit.ly/3KkxcfC

That’s 2 a.m. CET. But if you register, you will be notified when the video is available.

This webinar features Dr. Stacy Loeb, professor of Urology and Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Dr. Justin Gregg, assistant professor of Urology and Health Disparities Research at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Gregg will speak about his research on diet. Dr. Loeb will speak about her research on a plant-based diet, sleep, and exercise.

09 Jun 2022
to
12 Jun 2022

Europa Uomo GENERAL Assembly

Leusden - The Netherlands

 

Preliminary schedule:

– Thursday, June 9th 2022:
Morning: Arrival Board members
All day: Arrival GA delegates                                                                                                                                                                                       15:00-18:00 Board meeting + GA Delegates arrive in Leusden
19:00: Dinner

– Friday, June 10th 2022:
10:00 – 16:45: Donor’s day PKS
19:00: Dinner

– Saturday, June 11th 2022:
8:30 – 12:00: GA (incl. lunch in meeting room)
12:30 – 22:30: Social activity + dinner in Rotterdam

– Sunday, June 12th, 2022:
Departure

Past events

Community 365 Roundtable Meeting - Men and Cancer

28 Apr 2022
Virtual - online event
Website

The Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Men and Cancer aims to:

  • Increase awareness in the cancer and wider health community about the excess cancer burden in men in Europe.
  • Identify what can be done to improve men’s cancer outcomes in terms of practice and policy.
  • Explore the current key issues in prostate cancer.
  • Suggest next steps for the European Cancer Organisation.

This Roundtable is for policymakers, healthcare professionals, patient advocates and anyone else concerned about the health and wellbeing of men, cancer outcomes and health inequalities.

Register here.

Europa Uomo BOARD meeting

28 Apr 2022
Amsterdam

4th Webinar on Active Surveillance

29 Mar 2022
Virtual - via Zoom

“Active Surveillance: A Virtual Round Table on Lessons learned from Recent and Actual Specialists and Patient Testimonials. What is really fundamental to know?”

Led by Cosimo Pieri (IT) and Tania Estapé (ES) – Board members Europa Uomo

Video-clips by Hendrik Van Poppel, Monique Roobol, Riccardo Valdagni, Lara Bellardita, Chris Bangma

March 29, 2022 from 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm CET

Zoom-link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9212308719?pwd=SVZmSVhlcGZ3c2FNZEhzUm5Sa1grUT09

Programme:

  1. Welcome
  2. In this webinar, EUomo will focus on the following questions:
  • How Prostate Cancer treatments evolved and what is Active Surveillance?
  • How Early Diagnosis provides better Quality of Life and when it is possible to choose Active Surveillance strategy?
  • How and when Active Surveillance was developed and which are the scientific evidences of solidity of Active Surveillance?
  • Which support to patients may be given by local patient organizations?
  • Which psychological attitude by patients and medical world is needed when facing the Active Surveillance journey?
  1. Conclusion

Europa Uomo BOARD meeting

21 Mar 2022
virtual - via Zoom

From 11:00 am to 1:00 pm CET

Webinar: 'Anxious Surveillance: Coping with Anxiety and Active Surveillance'

29 Jan 2022
Virtual - online event

Dr. Lara Bellardita, Ph.D., Psy.D, M.S., will be presenting the program “Anxious Surveillance: Coping with Anxiety and Active Surveillance” in a webinar 12-1:30 p.m. EST (6-7:30pm CEST) January 29, 2022, sponsored by Active Surveillance Patients International.

To register, go to: https://bit.ly/3HVMtnk. Videos will be available after the program.

For the past decade. Dr. Bellardita has researched the psychological issues faced by men on active surveillance (AS).

She has worked in the field of oncology since 2009, collaborating with the National Cancer Institute in Milan, Italy, and with other private and non-profit organizations. She conducted research on psycho-social aspects in patients on AS for more than 10 years. Her areas of expertise include quality of life in cancer patients, coping with cancer, patient empowerment, and engagement in the decision-making process.

Dr. Bellardita is a Consultant in Health Psychology, with both a Clinical and Organizational perspective. She graduated in Psychology and then obtained a Master of Sciences in Applied Psychology at San Diego State University as a Fulbright fellow. She obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2008.

Dr. Bellardita is a member of the European School of Oncology (ESO) core faculty and the International Academy of Communication in Healthcare (EACH). She serves on the Scientific Committee of the Italian Chapter of Europa UOMO.