Our Speakers:

> Thomas Ahlering, M.D.
> Dan Gense Armando Benard
> Stephen M. Auerbach, M.D.
> Duke Bahn, M.D.
> Israel Barken, M.D.
> Frances Baumgarten, PhD
> Dr. Galen & Linda Bird
> Patricia Chang, M.D.
> Stephen M. Doggett, M.D
> Tanya Dorff, M.D.
> Joel Gelman, M.D
> Peter D. Grimm, D.O.
> Thomas Heinz, M.D. MPH.
> Shihab Z. Huq
> Richard Lam, M.D.
> Robert (Dr. Bob) Leibowitz, M.D.
> Michael Lilly, M.D.
> Charles Myers, M.D.
> Christopher Rose, M.D.
> Frederick Singer, M.D.
> Jeffrey Turner, M.D.
> Martin Weissman, M.D.
> Mark Scholz, M.D., 06/28/12
> D. Cornforth, M.D., 07/26/12
> Drs. Kipper and Brugman, 08/23/12
> Mark Moyad, M.D., 09/10/12

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Videos

Note: Our video lending library listing can be found below the streaming video information.

Recently uploaded (older recordings, from 2008-2010) for videostreaming (as of March 7, 2012):

465. "Interpreting Your Prostate Pathology Report" by Tom Heinz, M.D., MPH, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on February 23, 2012. About 70 minutes. (Uploaded March 25, 2012)

464. "Radioactive Seeds Outcomes at a Center of Excellence in Seattle, WA" by Peter Grimm, M.D., speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on January 26, 2012. Dr. Grimm also discussed testosterone replacement for PCa patients and the recent controversy regarding PSA screening. About 105 minutes. (Uploaded March 5, 2012)

Note: Copies of this video will be available at our lending library as of the evening meeting March 22, 2012.

451. “Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Understanding Results and Prospects” by Thomas Ahlering, M.D. and Professor, Dept. of Urology at the UC Irvine Medical School in Orange, CA at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on 6/24/10. About 110 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

448. "Coping and Living with our Feelings after Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment" by Frances Baumgarten, PhD and Psychologist from Newport Beach, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on April 22, 2010. About 65 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

445. "Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer" by Richard Lam, M.D. & Medical Oncologist from the Prostate Oncology Specialists in Marina del Rey, CA. speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on January 28, 2010. About 80 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

440. "MRI in Prostate Cancer including Combidex Modal Imaging" by Dr. Jelle Barensz, Professor of Radiology at the University Medical Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, speaking at the Dattoli Cancer Foundation on September 27, 2008. About 60 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

439. "Three Pronged Approach for Treating High Risk Prostate Cancer & Associated Pearls of Wisdom"" by Bob Liebowitz, M.D. & Medical Oncologist from the Compassionate Medical Group in Los Angeles. About 2 hours. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

437. "Confessions of a Medical Heretic" by Stephen Strum, M.D. and Medical Oncologist from Ashland, Oregon, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on July 23, 2009. About 100 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

436. "Optimizing Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer" by Marc Botnick, M.D. from Valley Radiotherapy Medical Group in Sherman Oaks, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County in Fullerton on June 25, 2009. About 95 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

434. "Cyberknife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer" by Don Fuller, M.D, Radiation Oncologist at the Cyberknife Center of San Diego, CA, speaking at Prostate Forum of Fullerton on April 23, 2009. About 67 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

424. “Recover Potency and/or Urinary Control” by Dr. Galen Bird and Linda Bird from Missouri speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on September 25, 2008. 90 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

PS. If you find our information helpful.........

The Prostate Forum of Orange County, CA is a non-profit, charitable organization with 501(c)(3) status. Our EIN is 01-096798.

Contributions to us are tax deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. We are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under sections 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code.

Donations are gratefully accepted and welcomed! Please send your donations to our co-founder & CFO Murray Corwin, 547 North Wrightwood Dr., Orange, CA 92869. Thank you!

CLICK LINK BELOW TO VIEW DR. CHARLES "SNUFFY" MYERS' SHORT VIDEOS on various aspects of Prostate Cancer:

http://askdrmyers.wordpress.com

Click this link to watch informative videos on Prostate Cancer, courtesey of www.vimeo.com

To view Vimeo videos of the 2007 Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) conference, type in "PCRI" (without the quote signs) in the search panel in the upper right hand corner of the Vimeo home page and click the magnifying glass icon. This will take you to 12 different speakers' videos from the 2007 conference.

STREAMING VIDEO STARTS HERE:

Clicking on the arrow in the screen below takes you to the full length video of Dr. Mark Scholz's lecture at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on October 28, 2010. The subject is "Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer". DVD reference #450.

This a full length video with an approx. run time of 90 minutes. Requires a DSL or cable Internet connection. To allow full use of stop/fast forward/reverse feature in the player, please allow enough time for the video to at least partially download on your computer.

The same #450 DVD of Dr. Mark Scholz's lecture on "Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer" is available at our lending library.

Clicking on the links below will take you to full-length videos with run-times of 1 to 2 hours. Requires DSL or cable Internet connections.

Shown in numerical sequence; most recently produced are listed first

464. "Radioactive Seeds Outcomes at a Center of Excellence in Seattle, WA" by Peter Grimm, M.D., speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on January 26, 2012. Dr. grimm also discussed testosterone replacement for PCa patients and the recent controversy regarding PSA screening. About 105 minutes. (Uploaded March 5, 2012) Note: Copies of this video will be available at our lending library as of the eveining meeting March 22, 2012.

463. "MRI Imaging and Precisely Guided Biopsy of the Prostate" by Mr. Dan Gense and Mr. Armando Benard, representatives of the the Invivo Corporation, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on October 27, 2011. About 70 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

462. "Overall Discussion on Prostate Cancer" by Dr. Charles "Snuffy" Myers, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on September 12, 2011. About 100 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

461. "Provenge and other Prostate Cancer Vaccines" by Dr. Michael Lilly, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on August 26, 2011. About 50 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

460. "Urethral Stricture Disease, Peyronie's Disease, Erictile Dysfunction & Hypospadias" by Dr. Joel Gelman, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County, CA on July 22, 2011. About 82 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

459. "Creating Prostate Cancer Cures and Remissions Systemically" by Dr. Bob Leibowitz and Dr. Jeffrey Turner, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on June June 22, 2011. About. 87 min. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

458. "Minimum Intervention with Maximum Effectiveness using Optimum Hormonal Blockade" by Dr. Israel Barken, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on May 26, 2011. About 56 minutes. Note: Unfortunately, the sound quality is not the best: External speaker(s) needed with volume set high - laptop speaker(s) seem not to have sufficient volume capacity. (Uploaded July 1, 2011)

457-2. Active Surveillance - A Power Point presentation by Dr. Duke Bahn at The Informed Prostate Cancer Support Group (IPCSG) July 2011 meeting in San Diego. This is a professionally produced DVD version using Dr. Bahn’s Power Point slides with voiceover to describe and quantify the tests to help identify and monitor candidates for Active Surveillance. About 11 minutes (Uploaded November 22, 2011)

456. "Erectile Dysfunction & Incontinence" by Dr. Galen Bird and Mrs. Linda Bird in collaboration with Derrick V. Martinelli, M.D., Brea, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on February 24, 2011. About 68 minutes (Uploaded April 13, 2011)

451. “Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Understanding Results and Prospects” by Thomas Ahlering, M.D. and Professor, Dept. of Urology at the UC Irvine Medical School in Orange, CA at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on 6/24/10. About 110 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

450. ""Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer" by Dr. Mark Scholz, speaking at the ProstateForum of Orange County on October 28, 2010. About 90 minutes. (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

448. "Coping and Living with our Feelings after Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment" by Frances Baumgarten, PhD and Psychologist from Newport Beach, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on April 22, 2010. About 65 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

447. “Clinical Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency” by Frederick Singer, MD and Director of Endrocrine/Bone Disease at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, CA speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on March 25, 2010. About 55 minutes. (Uploaded February 21, 2011)

445. "Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer" by Richard Lam, M.D. & Medical Oncologist from the Prostate Oncology Specialists in Marina del Rey, CA. speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on January 28, 2010. About 80 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

440. "MRI in Prostate Cancer including Combidex Modal Imaging" by Dr. Jelle Barensz, Professor of Radiology at the University Medical Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, speaking at the Dattoli Cancer Foundation on September 27, 2008. About 60 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

439. "Three Pronged Approach for Treating High Risk Prostate Cancer & Associated Pearls of Wisdom" by Bob Liebowitz, M.D. & Medical Oncologist from the Compassionate Medical Group in Los Angeles. About 2 hours. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

437. "Confessions of a Medical Heretic" by Stephen Strum, M.D. and Medical Oncologist from Ashland, Oregon, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on July 23, 2009. About 100 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

436. "Optimizing Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer" by Marc Botnick, M.D. from Valley Radiotherapy Medical Group in Sherman Oaks, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County in Fullerton on June 25, 2009. About 95 minutes. (Uploaded January 24, 2012)

434. "Cyberknife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer" by Don Fuller, M.D, Radiation Oncologist at the Cyberknife Center of San Diego, CA, speaking at Prostate Forum of Fullerton on April 23, 2009. About 67 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

429. “Disc 3 of the 2008 PCRI National Conference on Prostate Cancer” on September 6 – 7, 2008. (Note: Individual segments not available. Uploaded February 21, 2011)

11. Dr. Charles Myers – Treating Oligo-metastasis (40:16)

12. Dr. Richard Lam – Chemotherapy Combinations (36:39)

13. Dr. Nicholas Vogelsang – Hormone Resistant Cancer (40:25)

14. Dr. Howard Soule – New Discoveries (46:21)

426. "New Research: Radically Changing the Treatment of Prostate Cancer" by Charles "Snuffy" Myers, MD and Medical Oncologist from Charlottesville, Virginia,speaking at the Prostate Forum on November 24, 2008. About 100 minutes. (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

425. “How to get Optimum Treatment from Your Urologist” by Martin Weissman, MD & Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Program at St. Joseph Cancer Center on October 23, 2008. About 107 minutes. (Uploaded February 21, 2011)

424. “Recover Potency and/or Urinary Control” by Dr. Galen Bird and Linda Bird from Missouri speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on September 25, 2008. 90 minutes. (Uploaded January 4, 2012)

421. “Ten Prostate Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories” at the Prostate Forum on May 22, 2008. Has useful information; from time of diagnosis; choice of treatments to current situation. About 105 minutes. (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

418. “Open Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer in 2008” by Elia Skinner, MD from USC Medical Hospital speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on April 27, 2008. 78 minutes. (Uploaded February 21,2011)

417. “Permanent Radioactive Seeds for Prostate Cancer” by Stephen Doggett, MD from Tustin, CA speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on March 27, 2008. 65 minutes. (Uploaded February 21, 2011)

409. “Staging and Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer” by Mark Scholz, MD and Medical Oncologist from Marina del Rey, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum on August 28, 2007. 2 hours. (This is an outstanding video – we give a copy of this video to all men attending our Newly Diagnosed classes). (Note: Unfortunately, the sound is not the best - turn up your speaker volume!) (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

The Prostate Forum of Orange County has a large library of DVDS on prostate cancer and related subjects (see list below) which were filmed at our Forum evening meetings. Although not of studio quality, we believe they contain much valuable information not readily available to most prostate cancer patients

Our DVDs can be ordered by anyone.Leaders of PCa support groups might find our DVDs suitable for viewing at their local meetings.

Our DVDs are available for borrowing ($10 deposit required) at all 2nd or 4th Thursdays meetings.

For a listing by subject, go to the bottom of the numerical list!

See ordering information at the end of this page.

Listed in order of oldest first. Video numbers in red are available for online viewing! Now also linked to the video players!

408. “MRSI (Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Imaging) of the Prostate” by Susan Nowolski of UC San Francisco speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on July 24, 2007. 110 minutes.

409. “Staging and Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer” by Mark Scholz, MD and Medical Oncologist from Marina del Rey, CA speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on August 28, 2007. 2 hours. (This is an outstanding video – we give a copy to each of our newly diagnosed men). (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

417. “Permanent Radioactive Seeds for Prostate Cancer” by Stephen Doggett, MD from Tustin, CA speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on March 27, 2008. 65 minutes. (Uploaded February 21, 2011)

418. “Open Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer in 2008” by Elia Skinner, MD from USC Medical Hospital speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on April 27, 2008. (Uploaded February 7, 2011)

421. “Ten Prostate Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories” at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on May 22, 2008. 105 minutes. (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

422. “Male Osteoporosis” by Stephen Strum, MD from Ashland Oregon speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on June 26, 2008. 105 minutes.

425. "How to Get Optimum Treatment from Your Urologist" by Martin Weissman, MD and Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Program at St. Joseph Cancer Center in Orange, CA at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on October 23, 2008. About 107 minutes. (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

426. "New Research: Radically Changing the Treatment of Prostate Cancer" by Charles "Snuffy" Myers, MD and Medical Oncologist from Charlottesville, Virginia at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on November 24, 2008. About 100 minutes. (Uploaded November 20, 2010)

429. “Disc 3 of the 2008 PCRI National Conference on Prostate Cancer” on September 6 – 7, 2008. (Note: Individual segments are not available. Uploaded February 21, 2011)

11. Dr. Charles Myers – Treating Oligo-metastasis (40:16)

12. Dr. Richard Lam – Chemotherapy Combinations (36:39)

13. Dr. Nicholas Vogelsang – Hormone Resistant Cancer (40:25)

14. Dr. Howard Soule – New Discoveries (46:21)

431. "Medicare Update" by Clifford Roth of HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling Advocacy Program) at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on January 22, 2009. About 100 minutes.

432. "Extremes of Prostate Cancer: One Size Does Not Fit All" by Mark Scholz, MD and Medical Oncologist from Marina del Rey, California, speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on February 26, 2009. About 94 minutes.

433. "Advances in the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence After Radical Prostate Cancer Surgery" by Gary Leach, MD and director of Tower Urology in Los Angeles speaking at the Fullerton Prostate Forum on March 26, 2009. About 45 minutes.

435. "Latest Information on PSA and Three New Markers for Prostate Cancer" by Jonathan McDermed, Pharm D, from IRIS Diagnostics in Carlsbad, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County in Fullerton on May 28, 2009. About 85 minutes.

438. "Can you Supplement a Poor Diet to Good Health?" by Anne Simoneau, M.D. from UCI at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on August 27, 2009. About 60 minutes.

446. "Active Surveillance in the Management of Early Stage Prostate Cancer and Focal Cryotherapy" by Duke Bahn, M.D. from Ventura, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on February 25, 2010. About 80 minutes.

447. "Clinical Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency" by Frederick Singer, M.D. and Director of the Endocrine/Bone Disease Center at the John wayne Institute in Santa Monica, CA, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on March 25, 2010. About 55 minutes. (Uploaded February 8, 2011)

450. "Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer" by Mark Scholz, Director of Prostate Oncology Specialists in Marina del Rey, California, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on October 28, 2010. About 90 minutes. (Posted November 18, 2010)

456. "Erectile Dysfunction & Incontinence" by Dr. Galen and Mrs. Linda Bird with Dr. Derrick V. Marinelli, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on February 24, 2011. About 68 minutes. (Uploaded April 12, 2011)

457. Active Surveillance video. This DVD, "The Patients' Guide to Active Surveillance" (44 minutes) (formerly titled "Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Primer for Informed Medical Decision-Making") is no longer available from us but can be viewed at Public Libraries using your library card.

457-2. Active Surveillance - A Power Point presentation by Dr. Duke Bahn at The Informed Prostate Cancer Support Group (IPCSG) July 2011 meeting in San Diego. This is a professionally produced DVD version using Dr. Bahn’s Power Point slides with voiceover to describe and quantify the tests to help identify and monitor candidates for Active Surveillance. About 11 minutes. (Uploaded November 22, 2011)

This DVD is available for purchase directly from IPCSG. Send a $10 check payable to IPCSG and mail to: Gene Van Fleet, P.O.Box 420142, San Diego, CA 92124 or purchase from their website by clicking this link.

458. "Minimum Intervention with Maximum Effectiveness using Optimum Hormonal Blockade" by Dr. Israel Barken, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on May 26, 2011. About 56 minutes. Note: Unfortunately, the sound quality is not the best: External speaker(s) needed with volume set high - laptop speaker(s) seem not to have sufficient volume capacity. (Uploaded July 1, 2011)

459. "Creating Prostate Cancer Cures and Remissions Systemically" by Drs. Bob Leibowitz and Jeffrey Turner at the Prostate Forum of Orange County, CA on June 22, 2011. About 90 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

460. "Urethral Stricture Disease, Peyronie's Disease, Erectile Dysfunction & Hypospadias" Joel Gelman, M.D., at the Prostate Forum of Orange County, CA on July 22, 2011. About 80 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

461. "Provenge and other Prostate Cancer vaccines" by Dr. Michael Lilly, speaking at the Prosate Forum of Orange County on August 26, 2011. About 50 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

462. "Overall Discussion on Prostate Cancer" by Dr. Charles "Snuffy" Myers, speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on September 12, 2011. About 100 minutes. (Uploaded November 15, 2011)

464. "Radioactive Seeds Outcomes at a Center of Excellence in Seattle, WA" by Peter Grimm, M.D., speaking at the Prostate Forum of Orange County on January 26, 2012. Dr. grimm also discussed testosterone replacement for PCa patients and the recent controversy regarding PSA screening. About 105 minutes. (Uploaded March 5, 2012) Note: Copies of this video will be available at our lending library as of the eveining meeting March 22, 2012.

Listing by subject:

Video numbers in red are available for online viewing!

Newly Diagnosed: 409

Active Surveillance: 409, 446, 457-2

Advanced & Recurrent: 445, 450

Imaging, general: 408, 440, 446, 463

Treatments, general: 425, 426, 432

a) Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT): 439, 459

b) Surgery, open: 418

c) Surgery, robotic: 451

d) Radiation, IMRT: 436

e) Radiation, seeds: 417, 464

f) Radiation, Cyberknife: 434

g) Cryotherapy: 446

Treatment Changes: 426, 432

Treatment Side Effects:

a) Impotence: 424, 460

b) Incontinence: 424, 433

c) Osteoporosis: 422, 447

PCa Research, general: 426

a) PCa markers: 435, 457-2, 464

PCa Survivors: 421

Coping with PCa: 448

Medicare Info: 431

Ordering Information:

For addresses in the 50 United States: Cost is $15 for each DVD (includes postage by USPS Mail)

For all overseas addresses: Cost is USD10 for each DVD plus UPS cost for a 5 oz. (140 grams) package.

Please specify the DVD item number(s) and title(s).Include payment, personal check or money order, made payable to Russell Thomas.Mail to: Russell Thomas, 1429 North Palm Ave, Upland, CA 91786 (USA)

All orders will be shipped promptly, in padded mailers.