<html><head></head><body lang="en-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well said Glen, I think there is too much miss information out there. As you know , I am trying to understand what I am going through. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Regards,</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John </div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Glen Tolhurst</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 21, 2016 4:10 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>hopespringpcsg@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[Hopespringpcsg] FW: LETTER TO THE EDITOR -ERRATA IN OPINION PIECE</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Attached are: a scan of the PCC rack card wrt PSA testing and a scan of an opinion piece from the Globe & Mail yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The opinion piece prompted the Letter to the Editor below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Feel free to share the letter & attachments, which I have also sent to PCC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br><b>Subject:</b> LETTER TO THE EDITOR -ERRATA IN OPINION PIECE<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please consider the following for publishing as a Letter to the Editor<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">PSA TESTING REALITY<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The 20 Sep 16 opinion piece titled “<i>Prostate Cancer? Relax, and don’t rush your treatment</i>” by Andre Picard is timely disingenuous given that Sep is PCa Awareness month.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The writing is mostly a re-hash of past & currently circulating information that has appeared on a number of US blogs relating to PCa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Particularly inflammatory is the statement “In Canada, routine PSA tests are not recommended”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This flies in the face of the <i>Prostate Cancer Canada Recommends </i>rack card suggesting the establishment of a PSA baseline at age 40.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">See attachment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am a Prostate Cancer survivor due to the discovery of early stage PCa via having established a baseline PSA level and tracking an increase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I now chair the prostate cancer support group in Waterloo- Wellington as well as being a member of similar groups in Toronto & Brampton.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The last 3 new members to join PCCN W-W have metastatic PCa which clearly indicate a lack of timely PSA testing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps Andre or a health reporter would care to attend one of the PCCN W-W support group meetings and meet a man with metastatic PCa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps his/her perspective of PSA testing might undergo some enlightenment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Glen<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Glen N. Tolhurst P.Eng. MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Chair PCCN Waterloo- Wellington<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">web site: </span><a href="http://pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:info@pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">info@pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">answering service 226-240-9264<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Direct contact via:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tel (519) 826-0716 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cell (519) 994-4536<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:Glen46Nor@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen46Nor@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><br><!--end of _originalContent --></div></body></html>