Canada has over 60 Prostate Cancer Support Groups that meet once a month. This Richmond group in British Columbia is founded in 2013 by volunteers and focused on providing help to Chinese-speaking men, but everyone is welcome. We speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin, meet on the second Thursday of every month from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Seniors Centre of Minoru Centre for Active Living (7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N9 Multipurpose Room 1 (1033)). Join us for the professional presentation and talk to other men and family members who have been dealing with prostate cancer for weeks, months or even years.

No registration is required and all ages are welcome. Please swipe your Facility Pass ($36/year for seniors 55+ or spouses) or pay a $5 drop-in fee at the front desk when arriving for each session.

If you want to chat one on one with a survivor, you may drop in our walking club. The Richmond Blue Walkers walk 5-10 km on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am-11 am, along the beautiful river dykes and parks in Richmond (Walk in the Richmond Shopping Centre during the rainy days or cold seasons). Click here for the schedule or contact Daniel Leung at 604-836-6423 for the locations and meeting places.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada accepts donations online, please go to http://prostatecanada.ca/ 捐款前列腺癌基金會請到 http://prostatecanada.ca/

此支援小組乃義工組織,我們講英語普通話廣東話幫助您了解良性前列腺疾病與前列腺癌的病徵預防治療康復與最新醫療硏究等資訊每月第二個星期四下午6:30-8:30在「明納健康活動中心」的長者中心多用途活動室1 (1033)

每次都需要在前台的會員證(55歲以上長者年費$36),也可以付$5的單次場地費

列治文前列腺癌友步行團「藍天健行」每週二和週四早上9時至11時沿著美麗的河堤和公園散步在下雨天或寒冷季節步行於列治文購物中心)。點擊查詢活動更新 打電話604-836-6423 (Daniel)

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You are advised to seek professional services from licensed physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and health care professionals, if and when necessary.

Monday, January 1, 2024

Richmond Blue Walker Schedule 列治文「藍天健行」步行團時間表

    Extra Walking Days on January 30, 2024, Tuesday and February 4, Thursday, 

We will walk in the renewed Minoru Park, 7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond

9 am meet in front of the Grandstand of Minoru Track and Field

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The Richmond Blue Walkers have walked 10km along the beautiful river dikes of Fraser River in 2 hours (9-11 am) every Tuesday/Thursday since 2017. We have a new walking route schedule after 5 years. Please join in or drop by to say hello:
從2017年開始,我們每個星期二/星期四(上午9-11)在2個小時內走10公里,5年後我們有一個新的步行路線時間表,歡迎參加或請你前來打個招呼:
  

Meeting places:

On the 1st and 2nd weeks of the month, please meet at the "Terra Nova Public Washroom" parking lot. 

每月第1、2週請在 “Terra Nova公共洗手間” 停車場集合。

The 3rd and 4th weeks are at "Garry Point Park Parking Area". (The 5th week TBA) 

第 3、4 週在 “Garry Point 公園停車場” 集合。(第 5 週容後公佈) 

You may find the meeting place by entering the above address on Google Map.

Friday, December 15, 2023

2024年 1 月至 3 月實體講座與 Zoom 網上視像會議將會同時舉行 Jan-Mar 2024 In-person & Zoom Meeting

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 列治文前列腺癌支援網絡

www.ChineseProstate.com    Contact: Daniel Leung 604-836-6423

We speak English, Mandarin & Cantonese   我們說英語,國語和粤語

We meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm in the Multipurpose Room 1 (1033) of Seniors Centre at Minoru Centre for Active Living, 7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, V6Y 1N9 

Please swipe your Facility Pass (annual $36 for senior 55+) at the front desk when arriving for each session.

 每月第二個星期四下午6:30-8:30「明納健康活動中心」長者中心多用途活動室1 (1033)每次都需要在前台會員(55歲以上長者年費$36)


January 11, 2024, Thursday 6:30pm-8:30pm (2024年1月11日,星期四 6:30pm-8:30pm) 
English presentation by Dr Vu Truong. BSc, MD, FRCSC

Prostate Cancer & Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy 

英語講座 : 前列腺癌和腹腔鏡根治性前列腺切除術(微創手術

February 8, 2024, Thursday 6:30pm-8:30pm (2024年2月8日,星期四 6:30pm-8:30pm)
Cantonese presentation by Karen Young, BComm(Hons)

Designing virtual healthcare with Chinese Canadian prostate cancer survivors 

粵語講座 : 與加拿大華人前列腺癌康復者一起設計網上跟醫療保健 

March 14, 2024, Thursday 6:30pm-8:30pm (2024年3月14日,星期四 6:30pm-8:30pm)
English presentation by Dr Nathan Wong, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT, Hormone Therapy) 

英語講座 : 荷爾蒙療法或雄性激素剝奪療法

In-person meeting at Seniors Centre of Minoru Centre for Active Living, 7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N9 (Multipurpose Room 1/1033) Free admission for the holders of Richmond Seniors Facility Pass.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89187020670?pwd=ZHgzd3Nyd0cxSkpkRTVxekY4NlVmdz09

Meeting ID: 891 8702 0670   Passcode: 800035      

One tap mobile in Vancouver  +17789072071,,89187020670#,,,,*800035# Canada


Monday, September 11, 2023

9 月至 12 月實體講座與Zoom網上視像會議同時舉行 In-person & Zoom Meeting September-December 2023

 列治文華人前列腺癌支援網絡健康講座, 9月至12月實體講座與Zoom網上視像會議同時舉行

9月14日(星期四PCSC 前列腺癌支持治療 (Judy Shih 健康講座 中英文投影片)
10月12日(星期四前列腺癌診斷和治療的新進展 (Dr Nathan Wong 英語健康講座 中文投影片) 
11月9日(星期四圓桌分享 
12月14日(星期四前列腺癌者及配偶之間的相互理解 (Julie Chang 健康講座 中英文投影片)
時間: 晚上6:30-8:30
地點: 列治文明納長者中心1033室 (Minoru Seniors Centre, 7191 Granville Ave., Richmond)
查詢: Daniel Leung 604-836-6423  www.ChineseProstate.com

歡迎參加此乃列治文明納長者中心活動之一,持有 Richmond Facility Pass 者免費參加實體講座 

www.minorucentre.ca/seniors-services/seniors-facility-pass-activities/ 


Richmond Prostate Cancer Support Group has monthly in-person and Zoom meetings on the second Thursday of May to September 2023. from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm:

September 14, 2023: PCSC Program
Mandarin presentation by Judy Shih & Monita Sundar with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

October 12, 2023: What's New in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
English presentation by Dr Nathan Wong with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

November 9, 2023: Roundtable Sharing

December 14, 2023: Mutual Understanding Between Caregivers and their Spouses with Prostate Cancer
Mandarin presentation by Julie Chang, RCC, Flourishing Hearts Psychotherapy & Counselling 

Everyone is welcome! In-person meeting place at Seniors Centre of Minoru Centre for Active Living, 7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N9 (Multipurpose Room 1/1033) Free admission for the holders of Richmond Seniors Facility Pass.

Meeting ID: 891 8702 0670   Passcode: 800035
One tap mobile in Vancouver  +17789072071,,89187020670#,,,,*800035# Canada

Dial by your location in Canada Tollfree Numbers:
        +1 778 907 2071 BC, Canada
        +1 587 328 1099 Alberta, Canada  
        +1 780 666 0144 Alberta, Canada 
        +1 204 272 7920 Manitoba, Canada 
        +1 647 374 4685 Toronto, Canada
        +1 647 558 0588 Toronto, Canada
        +1 438 809 7799 Quebec, Canada

Thursday, May 18, 2023

5 月至 10 月實體講座與Zoom網上視像會議同時舉行 In-person & Zoom Meeting May-October 2023

列治文華人前列腺癌支援網絡健康講座, 5月至10月實體講座與Zoom網上視像會議同時舉行

5月11日(星期四前列腺癌篩查和早期診斷 (Dr Hennessey 英語健康講座 中英文投影片)  
6月8日(星期四前列腺癌後重塑男性氣質 (余威廉博士 健康講座 中英文投影片)
7月13日(星期四InspireHealth 癌症支持治療 ( 健康講座 文投影片)  
8月10日(星期四男人如何識別抑鬱症的跡象? (Flavia Shum, RTC 健康講座 中英文投影片)
9月14日(星期四PCSC 前列腺癌支持治療 (Judy Shih & Monita Sundar 語/英語健康講座 中英文投影片)
10月12日(星期四前列腺癌診斷和治療的新進展 (Dr Nathan Wong 英語健康講座 中文投影片) 
時間: 晚上6:30-8:30
地點: 列治文明納長者中心1033室 (Minoru Seniors Centre, 7191 Granville Ave., Richmond)
查詢: Daniel Leung 604-836-6423  www.ChineseProstate.com

此乃列治文明納長者中心活動之一,持有 Richmond Facility Pass 者免費參加實體講座 

www.minorucentre.ca/seniors-services/seniors-facility-pass-activities/ 


Richmond Prostate Cancer Support Group has monthly in-person and Zoom meetings on the second Thursday of May to September 2023. from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm:

May 11, 2023: Prostate Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis
English presentation by Dr Kiara Hennessey with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

June 8, 2023: Reframing masculinities after prostate cancer
Cantonese presentation by Dr Wellam Yu Ko with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

July 13, 2023: InspireHealth Supportive Cancer Care
English presentation by Tess Raithby of InspireHealth with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

August 10, 2023: How Men Can Identify Signs of Depression?
Cantonese presentation by Flavia Shum, RTC with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

September 14, 2023: PCSC Program
Mandarin/English presentation by Judy Shih & Monita Sundar with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

October 12, 2023: What's New in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
English presentation by Dr Nathan Wong with English/Chinese PowerPoint slideshow

In-person meeting place at Seniors Centre of Minoru Centre for Active Living, 7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N9 (Multipurpose Room 1/1033) Free admission for the holders of Richmond Seniors Facility Pass.

Meeting ID: 891 8702 0670   Passcode: 800035
One tap mobile in Vancouver  +17789072071,,89187020670#,,,,*800035# Canada

Dial by your location in Canada Tollfree Numbers:
        +1 778 907 2071 BC, Canada
        +1 587 328 1099 Alberta, Canada  
        +1 780 666 0144 Alberta, Canada 
        +1 204 272 7920 Manitoba, Canada 
        +1 647 374 4685 Toronto, Canada
        +1 647 558 0588 Toronto, Canada
        +1 438 809 7799 Quebec, Canada

Friday, May 12, 2023

請大力支持我們步行籌款 Support us on 2023 Burnaby Lake Father's Day Walk/Run

請大力支持我們「藍天健行」Richmond Blue Walkers步行籌款 

2023年6月18日上午9時-1在本拿比湖

https://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=1852&AID=4270&TID=29723


"Richmond Blue Walkers" Team fundraising:

When: June 18th, 2023, In-Person Locations

Burnaby Lake: 6871 Roberts Street, Burnaby, BC
    • Events: Tot Run, 2km stroll, 5km walk, 10km timed run (below timeline may need to be slightly adjusted)

      • 8:15 - 9:45 am Registration and check-in​/package pickup

      • 9:30 am Tot Run

      • 10:00 am 10km timed run

      • 10:05 am 5km walk (no runners in the 5km for 2023)

      • 10:10 2km stroll begins

      • 11 am (onwards) entertainment, burgers and awards

    • Cost:

      • $50 (13 years old + up) OR raise $125 and run for free 

        • includes event shirt, lunch and activities

      • ​$15 (8 -12 years old)​ OR raise $125 and run for free  

        • includes lunch and activities.​

      • Free (7 years and younger)

        • includes lunch and activities.

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Nuclear medicine can cure cancer, and Canadian researchers are stepping up the fight

 

UBC Media Relations | May 4, 2023

Media Release

Nuclear medicine can cure cancer, and Canadian researchers are stepping up the fight

Contact: Brett Goldhawk (info at bottom)

A UBC-led team has received more than $23 million in federal funding to develop precision radiopharmaceuticals that promise to transform cancer treatment in Canada and beyond.

Radiation has been a staple of cancer treatment for decades, with approximately 50 per cent of cancer patients receiving radiation therapy at some point in their journey.

While effective, traditional radiation therapies rely on intense beams of energy shot from outside the body. These beams can kill cancer, but their use is limited to select locations, making them less suited for difficult-to-treat metastatic cancers that have spread to multiple sites.

Now, a UBC-led team of Canadian researchers has received $23.7 million in federal funding to develop a new generation of radiation therapy, known as radiopharmaceutical therapy, that delivers highly targeted doses of radiation from within.

The therapies work like a homing device — using specially designed molecules to seek out and deliver radioactive isotopes directly to cancer cells wherever they might be in the body. These radioactive warheads kill cancer with high precision, while causing minimal harm to surrounding healthy tissue and fewer side effects for patients.

“This is the holy grail of cancer treatment. These disease-targeting molecules circulate throughout the body, binding tightly to cancer cells in order to eliminate them with a highly localized blast of energy,” explained principal investigator Dr. François Bénard, professor of radiology and associate dean at UBC’s faculty of medicine, and senior executive director of the BC Cancer Research Institute, a UBC-affiliated institute of the Provincial Health Services Authority.

Made-in-Canada medicine

The multidisciplinary research team involves researchers from UBC, BC Cancer, TRIUMF, Simon Fraser University, Université Laval, Université de Sherbrooke, Western University, University of Toronto, University of Alberta and the Lawson Health Research Institute.

One of the key challenges they hope to overcome: a global shortage of radioisotopes. The worldwide supply of one promising element, actinium-225, is equivalent to only a few grains of sand—enough to treat no more than 2,000 patients a year.

Partnering with TRIUMF—Canada’s particle accelerator centre—the team will use cyclotrons to produce clinical-grade isotopes in adequate quantities to supply Canada and the world.

“Alpha-emitting isotopes like actinium-225 have tremendous potential to change how we treat cancer, and to significantly improve health outcomes for patients,” said Dr. Paul Schaffer, director of TRIUMF’s life sciences division. “TRIUMF is delighted to leverage its laboratory space and capabilities to ramp up and provide large quantities of rare isotopes like actinium-225, and to collaborate in the critical research taking place.”

The radioisotopes are attached to targeting molecules that recognize and bind to proteins on the surface of cancer cells. Another key component, known as bifunctional chelating ligands, connects the radioactive isotope to the targeting molecule and ensures its safe transport through the body.

The project is designing biomolecules to target a range of cancer types, including prostate, pancreatic, breast and blood cancers.

“Radiopharmaceutical design is intrinsically modular, which gives us the flexibility to customize each drug to a specific disease target,” said co-principal investigator Dr. Caterina Ramogida, assistant professor of chemistry at Simon Fraser University, joint with TRIUMF. “Using this adaptable approach, we have the potential to develop an arsenal of different drugs tailored for various types of cancer.”

Bringing treatments to the clinic

By integrating Canadian expertise in oncology, radiology, nuclear physics, nuclear engineering, chemistry, biology, clinical medicine and health economics, the team hopes to bring multiple drug candidates into future clinical trials in the coming years and to accelerate their widespread adoption in Canada.

“We will establish Canada as a world leader in the field of nuclear medicine and ensure Canadians and patients around the world have access to these innovative medicines sooner,” said Dr. Bénard. “These radiopharmaceuticals can significantly improve the quality of life and life expectancy of patients with cancer, particularly metastatic cancers, many of which are currently untreatable.”

Cancer remains the leading cause of death in Canada with nearly one in two Canadians expected to be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. One in four Canadians will die from the disease.

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Permalink:
https://news.ubc.ca/2023/05/04/nuclear-medicine-cure-cancer-canadian-researchers/

Contact:

Brett Goldhawk
UBC Faculty of Medicine
Tel: 778-952-7858
Email: Brett.Goldhawk@ubc.ca

UBC Media Relations
6251 Cecil Green Park Road
Vancouver, BC

Tel: 604 822 6397
Email: media.relations@ubc.ca

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