Program of Monthly Meetings for 2005

(To be held at 6.30 pm on the first Tuesday of each month in the Palliative Care Cottage, Mona Vale Hospital)


1 February
Janet Hall (Novarlis): Advanced Prostate Cancer
1 March
Jerrod Taylor or other (Pfizer): Chemotherapy
5 April
Dr Kenneth Vaux (Urologist): Regaining Bladder Control after Treatment for Prostate Cancer
3 May
Forum with members of other Support Groups
7 June
Afternoon Visit to the Institute of Magnetic Resonance Research, Royal North Shore Hospital: Dr Carolyn Mountford Magnetic Resonance Technology and Prostate Cancer
5 July
Dr Philip Katelaris Recent Research
2 August
Members' Open Forum
6 September
Assoc Prof. Phillip Stricker (St Vincent's Hospital): Recent Advances in Treatment for Prostate Cancer
4 October
Dr Stephen Carroll: Prostate Cancer and the Mind
7 November
Dr Michael Izard (The Mater Hospital, St Leonards): New Brachytherapy Techniques
6 December
Christmas Get-Together