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Date: 29 October 2015 at 9:03:10 AM AEDT
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Subject: Cancer Council NSW Webinar Invitation - Thursday, 5th November 2015
at 7pm AEDT
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Webinar Invitation
Cancer and Men's Issues
"What is different for men?"
Date: Thursday, 5th November2015
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm AEDT
Where: Online - join via your computer!
Presenters: A/Prof David Smith, Ben Peacock & Prof Gary Dowsett
Cost: Free.
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About this webinar...
Men often have difficulty coming to grips with a cancer diagnosis. It
challenges many ideas of masculinity. Two of the most problematic issues to
confront are those related to urinary and sexual function. We estimate that
almost 100,000 Australian prostate cancer survivors are currently living with
erectile dysfunction as a side effect of treatment. Men are often reluctant
to discuss these issues with their health care provider. Our own research
shows that between 12-15% of men having surgery for prostate cancer also
suffer from severe and persistent incontinence. Yet treatment is available.
Encouraging men to attend for appointments, raise the relevant issues and
have them addressed is a big step to take to improve quality of life in
cancer survivors.
We’ll be talking from personal experience, research and also from a social
perspective about all things male when it comes to life after cancer
treatment has finished.
About the Presenters...
The discussion will be facilitated by Jill Mills, Cancer Council NSW,
Practical Support Unit and the panel will include:
A/ Prof David Smith
Associate Professor David Smith is a Research Fellow and cancer
epidemiologist at Cancer Council NSW. He has a particular focus on prostate
cancer, prostate cancer testing and prostate cancer outcomes in Australia.
David works in the Cancer Research Division at Cancer Council NSW.
He is chief investigator of the NSW Prostate Cancer Care and Outcomes Study
(PCOS). This longitudinal study involving 2500 men examined quality of life
after prostate cancer diagnosis along with PSA testing, coping styles,
supportive care needs and the economics of prostate cancer management. In
2011 he obtained a National Health and Medical Research Council Post-Doctoral
Research Fellowship to study the causes of death in men with prostate cancer.
He is also currently chief investigator on two NHMRC project grants, one
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Grant and one partnership grant.
A/Prof Smith has an adjunct position with Griffith University in QLD.
Ben Peacock
Ben is an author, cancer survivor and co-founder of the multi-award winning
Garage Sale Trail.
In 2006, Ben had cancer, kicked its butt and wrote a book about it, Lessons
from My Left Testicle. As an author, Ben has appeared in Belle Magazine,
Dumbo Feather, the Daily Telegraph, and on radio all over Australia. His book
featured heavily on the ABC and was Book of the Week on 2UE
Ben is a spokesperson for the Cancer Council and sits on the board of Soi
Dog, a charity dedicated to helping street dogs in Thailand. In his spare
time he surfs, plays guitar and dreams of life in a Kombi.
Professor Gary Dowsett
Professor Gary Dowsett, PhD, FASSA, is Deputy Director at the Australian
Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. A
sociologist, he has long been interested in sexuality research, particularly
in relation to the rise of modern gay communities. Since 1986, he has been
researching the HIV epidemic, and has worked on many international HIV/AIDS
and sexual health projects since the late 1980s. From 2002 until 2009, he was
Associate Professor in Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University,
New York. In 2003, he was elected to the International Academy of Sex
Research. In 2005 he was awarded a prestigious Victorian Health Foundation
Senior Research Fellowship for a five year study of men, sexuality and
health. In 2006 he was appointed to a Personal Chair in Sex, Health and
Society at La Trobe University, and in 2008, he was admitted as a Fellow of
the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In 2014 Gary was appointed
Adjunct Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health at
UNSW, Australia.
Gary’s current research focuses on: (1) young adults and sexual health; (2)
gay men and sexual recovery after prostate cancer treatment; (3) young men’s
body image and sexuality; (4) concepts of sexuality and gender, and poverty
and disadvantage in international development.
We look forward to your participation,
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