Frankly Speaking about Prostate Cancer

Please join us, this Tuesday, February 9, at 1PM Pacific/4PM Eastern, to listen to the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network's Health and Wellness program Frankly Speaking About Cancer, hosted by Kim Thiboldeaux, president and CEO of the Cancer Support Community.

The show will be about about prostate cancer and its impact on African-American men. Kim will be joined by are R&B artist and prostate cancer survivor, Charlie Wilson, Dr. Stanley Frencher, Jr. of the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program, and Dan Zenka, vice president for communications of the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

The discussion will focus on the higher prostate cancer diagnosis and death rates within the African-American community, what African American men and their families need to know and do about the disease, and how PCF, Charlie Wilson and the Black Barbershop Health Outreach are teaming up to reach this community with the message of awareness and early detection and treatment.

Listen to the podcast and read more about the program here.
If you miss the live show, the audio will be available after.

Prostate Cancer: Straight Talk for African-American Men and Their Families

Research shows that African-American men are 1.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 2.4 times more likely to die from it than Caucasian men.  In light of this, the Prostate Cancer Foundation has a new guide that speaks to the special risk factors for this group.

In addition to providing facts and guidance on prostate cancer for African-Americans, this guide also features personal thoughts from Charlie Wilson, D.L. Hughley and Snoop Dogg. A press release with more information about this publication can be viewed here.

Download the guide in PDF format here or request your free copy.