This presentation will teach you more about Prostate Cancer and what you can do to help propel research and treatment at the University of Colorado Hospital. Learn about the 4th Annual Save the Males event in Denver, CO--where you can help "Save a man you love....or at least one you like!"

2. ABOUT SAVE THE MALES:
•NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, SAVE THE MALES IS THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’S WOMEN’S ONLY EVENT THAT RAISES
AWARENESS ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER AND SUPPORTS THE PROSTATE
CANCER PROGRAM WITH ITS GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL.

3. ULTIMATE GIRL’S
NIGHT OUT
CHECKLIST:
COCKTAILS? CHECK.
DESIGNER HANDBAG AUCTION? CHECK.
SOCIALIZING AT THE ELEGANT RITZ-CARLTON
HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER? CHECK.
CRAZY AWESOME ENTERTAINMENT BY DENVER’S
OWN LANNIE GARRETT? CHECK. CHECK. CHECK.

4. MARK YOUR SOCIAL CALENDARS:
OKAY LADIES, SAVE THE MALES WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17,
2013 AT THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL IN DENVER, COLORADO FROM
6:30 P.M.-9 P.M.
SO SURE, THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE MAY FORGET TO PUT THE TOILET
SEAT DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT YOU LOVE THEM ANYWAY!
IT’S TIME TO SAVE THE MALES! PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS AND
TABLES TODAY AND WE’LL SEE YOU ON SEPTEMBER 17!
GET THE 4-1-1 AND MARK THE OCCASIONON YOUR
BLACKBERRIES AT:
SAVETHEMALESDENVER.COM

5. PROSTATE CANCER FACTS
• NEARLY 218,000 MEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH
PROSTATE CANCER EACH YEAR AND
APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MEN DIE FROM IT.
• WHILE THE METHODS OF TREATING AND
DETECTING PROSTATE CANCER ARE MUCH
BETTER NOW THAN THEY WERE EVEN 10
YEARS AGO, WE HAVE TO STOP BEING
EMBARRASSED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PROSTATE HEALTH.

6. SCARY TRUTH:
PROSTATE CANCER IS THE SECOND
LEADING CANCER KILLER IN MEN
BEHIND LUNG CANCER.

7. AGE MATTERS:
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IF A MAN
LIVES TO BE 80, THERE IS A 70 PERCENT TO
90 PERCENT CHANCE HE WILL DEVELOP
PROSTATE CANCER.

8. WHY UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL?
THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL TREATS MORE
PROSTATE CANCER THAN ANY OTHER CENTER IN THE
STATE…
…AND MORE EXPERIENCE LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES.

9. PUT UP A FIGHT WITH UCH
•AT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL, FIVE-YEAR SURVIVAL RATES FOR
ADVANCED STAGE PROSTATE CANCER ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE
STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGES.
•WHILE 5-YEAR SURVIVAL RATES FOR STAGE I, II AND III PROSTATE CANCER ARE
OVER 90% AT UCH, STAGE IV SURVIVAL RATES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER – 47%
AT UCH AND JUST 35% IN COLORADO. THAT’S WHY SCREENING AND EARLY
DETECTION ARE SO IMPORTANT.

10. LEADERS IN PROSTATE CANCER
TREATMENT AND RESEARCH
•THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL HAS NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF PROSTATE CANCER
TREATMENT AND RESEARCH.
•MORE THAN A DOZEN CLINICAL TRIALS ARE UNDER WAY TO DISCOVER
NEW, MORE EFFECTIVE THERAPIES FOR PROSTATE CANCER.

11. WHAT MONEY CAN BUY:
•SAVE THE MALES RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER, AND
SUPPORTS THE PROSTATE CANCER PROGRAM AND GROUNDBREAKING
RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL.
•PROCEEDS FROM SAVE THE MALES 2013 WILL GO TOWARD A PATIENT
NURSE NAVIGATOR FOR THE UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY CLINIC.

12. WHAT’S A NURSE NAVIGATOR?
• UNLIKE OTHER CANCERS, MEN NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER ARE OFTENTIMES CONFRONTED
WITH MANY TREATMENT OPTIONS INCLUDING: SURGERY, EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY,
BRACHYTHERAPY ―SEEDS‖, CRYOTHERAPY OR EVEN ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE WITH FOLLOWING BIOPSIES AND
LAB TESTS.
• IN ORDER FOR PATIENTS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THEIR CANCER AND PERSONAL SITUATION,
SEVERAL VISITS WITH DIFFERENT PROVIDERS INCLUDING UROLOGY, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND RADIATION
ONCOLOGY ARE FREQUENTLY RECOMMENDED. THE COORDINATION AND PROCESSING OF THESE MULTIPLE
ENCOUNTERS CAN BE DAUNTING.
(FLIP TO NEXT SLIDE TO LEARN ABOUT NURSE NAVIGATORS)

13. CANCER NAVIGATORS:
• CANCER NAVIGATORS – PATIENT EDUCATORS, WITH
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CANCER AND THE LOCAL
RESOURCES TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT THEIR CANCER.
• A NAVIGATOR WOULD PLAY A KEY ROLE AS A FRONT LINE
CONTACT TO COORDINATE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES,
REFERRALS TO RELATED ONCOLOGY SPECIALTIES, WHILE
PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT TREATMENT OPTIONS AND
RESOURCES TO THE PATIENT IN AN ONGOING MANNER.
• THERE IS A SPECIAL NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT IN
PROSTATE CANCER, AS MANY OPTIONS MAY BE
APPROPRIATE AND GIVEN CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEWLY
DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER PATIENT.

14. IT’S TIME TO SAVE THE MALES!
• SAVE THE MALES HAS THE SUPPORT OF FOUR OF THE FINEST UROLOGIC ONCOLOGISTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO HOSPITAL—DR. GLODE, DR. FLAIG, DR. LAM AND DR. KESSLER.
• SO RALLY UP YOUR GAL PALS FOR A NIGHT OF LAUGHTER, SOCIALIZING, COCKTAILS AND A DESIGNER HANDBAG
AUCTION! SAVE THE MALES WILL BE HELD AT THE ELEGANT RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER ON
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 FROM 6 P.M.-9 P.M.
• FOR ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION, TO BUY TICKETS AND TO HELP SAVE A MALE IN YOUR LIFE WITH A DONATION,
PLEASE VISIT THE OFFICIAL SAVE THE MALES WEBPAGE AT:
WWW.SAVETHEMALESDENVER.COM
AND ON FACEBOOK AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/UCHSAVETHEMALES