BRCA Chat Ottawa
Maplesoft Centre/Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation 1500 Alta Vista Dr K1G 3Y9 Ottawa, ON, Canada

CALLING ALL MEN WITH A BRCA MUTATION (or one of the other mutations listed below)! The National Institutes of Health has a clinical trial for men at high geneti...c risk for prostate cancer. This is trial is for men without prostate cancer, ages 30 to 70, who have tested positive for Lynch syndrome (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM) or BRCA1, BRCA2, HOXB13, ATM, NBN, TP53, CHEK2, PALB2, RAD51D, FANCA. The trial involves screening MRI of the prostate every two years and biopsy of the prostate if the MRI is abnormal. There is no cost for travel or study-related tests. For more details and contact information, please contact Anna Couvillon, NP at [email protected], (240) 858-3148, and/or visit http://ow.ly/NXRe50wFtq0 See more

Reminder! Our meetup is this coming Thursday night 7-9pm. Hope to see you.Reminder! Our meetup is this coming Thursday night 7-9pm. Hope to see you.

Meeting next week!

To the ladies who haven't had surgery or know family members who are being screened; The Ottawa Hospital is looking for women to participate in a Clinical Trial to help improve screening tools. "The Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST) is a randomized breast cancer screening trial that will help researchers learn about the best ways to find breast cancer in women who have no symptoms. It compares two approved types of digital mammography: standard digita...l mammography (2-D) with a newer technology called tomosynthesis mammography (3-D)." If you are interested in participating the information is on their home page. http://www.ohri.ca/newsroom/story/view/1071?l=en

I hope you can make it. Also a reminder that Tuesday is Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day. Info on BRA Day can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bra-day-ottawa-tickets-49221018 The event is sold out however the organizers say that no one will be turned away - standing room available in the auditorium.