Prostate Cancer Canada

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In The News

Prostate Cancer Awareness Day at BC Legislative Assembly
VICTORIA, May 4, 2012- On Monday, May 7, Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) will host their first Legislative Assembly Day to promote education and awareness of prostate cancer in British Columbia.

Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Halifax hero
HALIFAX, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Please join Prostate Cancer Canada and members of the Halifax business community as we celebrate a local hero who has made an extraordinary contribution in the fight against prostate cancer through courage, inspiration and dedication.

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Where does your dollar go?

Our mission is to raise funds for the development of programs related to awareness, public education, advocacy, support of those affected, and research into the prevention, detection, treatment and cure of prostate cancer.

Through the generous support of individual and corporate donors like you we have:

awarded more than $6.8 million in research grants
funded more than 100 research projects across the country
spread the word about the disease through public education and awareness campaigns
given men and their families information and interactive tools about prostate cancer

Imagine, Canada’s national organization for philanthropy, has established that charities must convert donor dollars to mission investment at a minimum rate of 60 per cent to be deemed “high-performing”. Many well-known charities fail to achieve a conversion rate of even 50 per cent. We invest more than 70 per cent of donor dollars into our mission: research and public education.

Research

We believe that prostate cancer research is under funded. Although it claims almost as many lives as breast cancer, far less money is spent researching prostate cancer, both by government agencies and the private sector.

Funding within prostate cancer research is also unequal. Most research begins in small-scale laboratory experiments before expanding into large clinical trials. But while government agencies regularly fund clinical trials and studies in later stages, they do not invest in research in its formative stages.

We fill in the gap. Through annual research grants, we invest in cutting-edge science in its earliest stages. Using the seed money we provide, researchers across the country have achieved promising early results and garnered funding from other sources. For example:

In 1997 we granted Dr. Richard Choo of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre $30,000 for a study on watchful waiting. Since then he has attracted more than $1 million in international and national funding to expand his work.
In 2000, Dr. Robert Bristow, then at the University of Toronto, was awarded $50,000 for a study to help predict which patients would benefit most from radiation therapy. To date his work has attracted a total of $6 million from other sources.

Beyond additional funding, these researchers have made great strides in their work. With your help we can add to our success stories.

To read an interesting article on how Aaron Bacher, member of PCCN Toronto learnt who gets research dollars and how it is decided click here.

Prostate Cancer Awareness

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer to afflict Canadian men, with rates of incidence and mortality similar to those of breast cancer in women. During his lifetime, 1 in 7 Canadian men will be diagnosed with the disease; this number is expected to rise to 1 in 4 within a decade. Because over 90% of prostate cancer cases are curable if detected and treated in their earliest stages, early detection is key.
Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) advises that beginning at age 40, men should establish a baseline PSA (prostate specific antigen) score. At age 50, men should begin regular annual testing. For more information, please, please review our Early Detection Guidelines.

If there's one overriding message Prostate Cancer Canada and many prostate cancer survivors have for Canadian men, it is to take charge of their health. PCC encourages men to educate themselves on prostate cancer, and initiate a discussion with their doctor about thier prostate cancer risk.

Annual Reports

2011 Annual Report

In the interest of fiscal responsibility, PCC did not produce a printed annual report for 2011. We simplified the process by simply posting our detailed financial statements on our website, which can be found below. It is our intention to produce a full annual report, available online and in print, every other year. 2012 will be the next year in which the report will be available in this format.

Our research advances have been great. We have been generating excellent momentum by funding new and innovative research, including initiatives like the Pilot Grant Program, We also fund Clinician Scientist Awards that are aimed at researchers new to the field of prostate cancer research. Perhaps the most exciting frontier of prostate cancer research is occurring in the field of genetics. The Movember-funded CPC GENE project, part of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) is one of the most important initiatives for PCC, In the area of Support Services, we develop and provide programs that improve the quality of life of men living with prostate cancer and those who care for them throughout the cancer journey. We will unveil these initiatives in early 2012. In the meantime, our support groups across the country to continue to grow and be a source of comfort for many families.

You can continue to support us by becoming involved in our many events, including our signature Wake Up Call Breakfast and our Father’s Day Walk/Run. You can also volunteer at any time in a manner that suits your schedule, We thank all of our supporters for the important role each one of you have played in the accomplishments we have realized in 2010. We know that the future holds real hope for men and their families facing prostate cancer.

View 2008/2009 Annual Report

View 2009/2010 Annual Report - part 1
View 2009/2010 Annual Report - part 2

Financial Information

View Prostate Cancer Canada's financial statement for 2011
View Prostate Cancer Canada's financial statement for 2010

Follow the link for Prostate Cancer Canada's T3010.