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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>See below for the e-newsletter from PCCN Oakville/Mississauga.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Quite a few links to current topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"'><br><b>Subject:</b> PC Newsletter - August<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>We had a great guest presentation at our August meeting on “sexual intimacy after prostate cancer”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>What was great was that our speaker dealt with the emotional and relationship aspects as much if not more than the physical aspects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>However, if you just want to learn about recovering erections, this is a good short video<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEB7khwVi8">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEB7khwVi8</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The reason why our speaker dealt not just with penile rehabilitation is that PC is a “couples disease”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>For a realistic view on why that is so, read this article </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://corp.inspire.com/blog/prostate-cancer-couples/">https://corp.inspire.com/blog/prostate-cancer-couples/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>More evidence that Sunnybrook is on the leading edge of radiation therapy for prostate cancer. They have now started up their MRI-Linac machine for real-time MRI guided radiation. The first cancers that will be treated using this equipment are brain cancer (glioblastoma) and prostate cancer.<br></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?c=1&i=1940&f=mr-linac-momentum-study">https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?c=1&i=1940&f=mr-linac-momentum-study</a> <br><a href="https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?c=1&i=1941&f=mr-linac-elekta-unity-first-patient-canada">https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?c=1&i=1941&f=mr-linac-elekta-unity-first-patient-canada</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Another article on MRI says it is just a matter of time before MRI replaces biopsies in confirming prostate cancer (but I’m not going to hold my breath, especially in Canada).<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/916271?nlid=130955_1005&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_190806_mscpedit_urol&uac=44609SJ&spon=15&impID=2052035&faf=1">https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/916271?nlid=130955_1005&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_190806_mscpedit_urol&uac=44609SJ&spon=15&impID=2052035&faf=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I’m sure I have written about ‘liquid biopsies’ before. The search to find an easy replacement for the PSA test and particularly to distinguish between the more aggressive and benign forms of prostate cancer. Here is more evidence that it’s coming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/noninvasive-test-detects-aggressive-prostate-cancer">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/noninvasive-test-detects-aggressive-prostate-cancer</a> <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325659.php">https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325659.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Here is another high-tech blood test intended to supplement the findings of the PSA test<br></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190806/New-blood-test-can-detect-clinically-significant-prostate-cancer-in-high-risk-patients.aspx">https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190806/New-blood-test-can-detect-clinically-significant-prostate-cancer-in-high-risk-patients.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>