[Hopespringpcsg] FW: LETTER TO THE EDITOR -ERRATA IN OPINION PIECE

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Well said, Glen!!

Michael in England right now!

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> On Sep 21, 2016, at 9:10 PM, Glen Tolhurst <glen46nor at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all:
> Attached are: a scan of the PCC rack card wrt PSA testing and a scan of an opinion piece from the Globe & Mail yesterday.
> The opinion piece prompted the Letter to the Editor below.
> Feel free to share the letter & attachments, which I have also sent to PCC.
> Take care,
> Glen
> 
> Subject: LETTER TO THE EDITOR -ERRATA IN OPINION PIECE
>  
> Please consider the following for publishing as a Letter to the Editor
>  
> PSA TESTING REALITY
> The 20 Sep 16 opinion piece titled “Prostate Cancer? Relax, and don’t rush your treatment” by Andre Picard is timely disingenuous given that Sep is PCa Awareness month.
> The writing is mostly a re-hash of past & currently circulating information that has appeared on a number of US blogs relating to PCa.
> Particularly inflammatory is the statement “In Canada, routine PSA tests are not recommended”.
> This flies in the face of the Prostate Cancer Canada Recommends rack card suggesting the establishment of a PSA baseline at age 40.
> See attachment.
> 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.
> I now chair the prostate cancer support group in Waterloo- Wellington as well as being a member of similar groups in Toronto & Brampton.
> The last 3 new members to join PCCN W-W have metastatic PCa which clearly indicate a lack of timely PSA testing.
> 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.
> Perhaps his/her perspective of PSA testing might undergo some enlightenment.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Glen
>  
> Glen N. Tolhurst  P.Eng. MBA
> Chair PCCN Waterloo- Wellington
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> <PROSTATE CANCER CANADA RECOMMENDS 21 SEP 16.pdf>
> <G & M OPINION PCa- PICARD 20 SEP 16.pdf>
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