Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer - Augusta Prostate Cancer Network

Kennebec County Area Prostate Cancer Network

Next Meeting:

New attendees are always welcome. Partners, spouses and family members are welcome. Please bring a snack to share.

Questions: Nelson Leavitt (622-6093 at home)

Location

Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care
Prescott Room
361 Belgrade Road
Augusta, ME 04330

Meeting Time

Last Tuesday - 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Contact

Nelson Leavitt
622-6093 at home

Our Mission

Blue Ribbon "The Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer is dedicated to ending the devastating impact of prostate cancer on men, their loved ones and the State of Maine."

Latest News

An Aging Dog Helped Me Cope With Unwanted Change

Rick Redner has written a great article about dealing with loss in his column Living and Loving with Prostate Cancer on Prostate Cancer News Today. Here is a link to Rick's story, "An Aging Dog Helped Me Cope With Unwanted Change."

Videos

MCFPC has produced recent videos featuring cancer support centers in Maine. The first video features Mary Dempsey of the Dempsey Center of Lewiston as well as the Beth C. Wright Cancer Center of Ellsworth. The second video includes the Cancer Community Center of South Portland along with news of a new Center in western Maine. All offer an amazing variety of free services to those on their cancer journey. Learn more about - and view the videos...

PSA Testing Declining

Primary care physicians have reduced testing for prostate cancer by 55% since the USPSTF published their D Recommendation. The net result of the USPSTF action is an increase in the number of men first presenting with metastatic prostate cancer. Read more about PSA Testing Declining...