About 1 man in 7 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. It is estimated that there will be about 180,000 new cases of prostate cancer and about 26,000 deaths in 2016. Although it can be a serious disease most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. Learn more about prostate cancer symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment on this edition of Line One, Your Health Connection.
HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard
- Mike Zoske, prostate cancer survivor, representative of the local chapter of Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education & Support Network
- Bill Clark, MD, urologist, Alaska Urological Institute
- Josh Logan, MD, urologic oncologist, Alaska Urological Institute
LINKS:
- Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education & Support Network, a nonprofit established in 1990 that serves as a resource of volunteers with peer-to- peer support and educational materials to help men and their families/caregivers make informed decisions about prostate cancer detection, treatment options and related side effects.
- The local support group for Us TOO
- Office website for Drs. Clark and Logan
- CDC website on prostate cancer
- American Cancer Society webpage on prostate cancer
PARTICIPATE:
- Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast (2:00 – 3:00pm)
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LIVE BROADCAST: Monday, September 19, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Monday, September 19, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
DR. WOODARD’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Cleveland Clinic
- Mayo Clinic
- MedlinePlus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HealthyChildren.org
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Science Based Medicine
- Quackwatch
- Super Smart Health
- Understanding Health Research
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
