Our ZERO prostate cancer support group provides information and inspiration to prostate cancer patients and caregivers at all stages of the disease, from the newly diagnosed to the long-time survivor.

We meet twice each month—online via Zoom on the third Wednesday, and in person on the fourth Wednesday, Some people attend both meetings, but many choose one or the other. Meetings are free, volunteer led, and do not provide individual medical advice. Meetings last no more than two hours.

Next Meeting

Our next Zoom meeting is on Wednesday, December 17, at 6 pm Pacific Time. The first hour will be a general discussion with questions and answers. This is a chance to learn from one another's lived experiences and to provide shared support.

At 7 pm we will be joined by our guest speaker. This month's guest is Dr. Kimiko Domoto-Reilly. Dr. Domoto-Reilly will be speaking on an innovative brain-mapping study being undertaken at the University of Washington.

While this study is not directly related to prostate cancer, it was recommended to us by Dr. Heather Cheng and promises to be very interesting to anyone with curiosity about how our minds and bodies work. The University of Washington is conducting the research study in collaboration with the Allen Brain Institute to comprehensively map the human brain. The goal of The Brain Map Study is to create a method that allows researchers to study how every unique structure and cell type found in the brain might determine functional outcomes related to health and disease in the body. The research aim is to create an atlas that maps this correlation between human brain structures and cell types to health and disease outcomes. Ultimately this new map will speed up the search for treatments for all kinds of brain disease and injury, and to relieve the suffering they cause.

Please contact the meeting organizer at marty@chakoian.com for the Zoom link.

Our next in-person meeting is on Wednesday, December 24, at 6 pm at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N 85th Street in Seattle. Our room is off the parking lot behind the building. Look for a sign on the door at the west end.

In-person meetings are smaller and more intimate. We do not have guest speakers at our in-person meetings but focus on listening and supporting on another on our cancer journeys.

Contact Us

For more information please contact

Marty Chakoian

marty@chakoian.com

(206) 412-0571

ZERO Prostate Cancer https://zerocancer.org/