Medicine and Me: Prostate disease
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with Prostate UK and the Prostate Centre
Medicine and Me: Prostate disease aims to provide an interactive forum in which the patient's voice is given top priority. The meeting provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals to hear first hand from patients and their families about their experiences and concerns and for patients to hear about the latest treatment and research by questioning the experts in an informal environment.
Patient speaker: Ronnie Corbett
For more information about The Prostate Centre and Prostate UK, please see their websites below:
www.theprostatecentre.com
www.prostateuk.org
Registration Details:
Patient/Carer: £15
Consultant/GP: £75
RSM Retired Fellow: £35
RSM Student: £20
RSM Trainee: £35
RSM Associate: £35
RSM Fellow: £50
Student: £30
Trainee: £40
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £40
CPD: 3 credits
1.00 pm |
Registration and coffee |
1.25 pm |
Welcome address |
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Prof John Betteridge Associate Dean, RSM |
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SESSION ONE: BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY - AN UNDER RECOGNISED HEALTH ISSUE |
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| Chair: Prof Roger Kirby, Prostate Centre | |
1.35 pm |
A view from primary care |
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Dr Jon Rees GP at Backwell & Nailsea Medical Group in North Somerset, with special interest in Urology & Men's Health |
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1.45 pm |
A patient's view |
| Ronnie Corbett, Comedian | |
1.55 pm |
Discussion |
2.10 pm |
A view from the urological service |
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Mr Ben Challacombe Consultant Urological Surgeon Guy's Hospital |
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2.25 pm |
Discussion |
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SESSION TWO: PROSTATIC CANCER HOW IS IT DIAGNOSED AND TREATED? |
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| Chair: Emma Halls Chief Executive Prostate UK & Prostate Cancer Research Foundation |
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2.35 pm |
The surgical approach |
| Prof Roger Kirby, Prostate Centre | |
2.50 pm |
Radiotherapy |
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Prof David Dearnaley Professor of Uro-Oncology Institute of Cancer Research, London |
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3.05 pm |
Medical treatments for prostate cancer |
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Dr Stephen Harland Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology, University College, London and Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist at UCLH |
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3.20 pm |
A patient's view |
| Hamish Maret-Crosby | |
3.35 pm |
Panel discussion |
3.50 pm |
Tea break |
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SESSION THREE: PROSTATE CANCER COMPLICATIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD |
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| Chair: Prof Mike Kirby Visiting Professor The Prostate Centre |
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4.20 pm |
Post-Treatment Issues |
| TBC | |
4.35 pm |
Sex and the prostate |
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Mrs Lorraine Grover Therapist in Sexual Wellbeing, St George's Hospital and The London Clinic |
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4.50 pm |
A patient's view |
| Mr David Barnard | |
5.00 pm |
What's new? |
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Prof Prokar Dasgupta Professor of Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation, Kings College London |
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5.15 pm |
Panel discussion |
| All speakers | |
5.35 pm |
Closing remarks |
| Prof Roger Kirby/Ms Emma Halls | |
5.40 pm |
Close of meeting |
