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Well-Done Meat Consumption May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
Research into the dietary habits of about a thousand men from the Cleveland area has found that a high consumption of meats, especially of red meat prepared by grilling, is positively associated with an increased risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. This particular study, which was led by Dr. John Witte of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has a number of limitations, but it does add support to other investigations connecting meat consumption with cancer risk.

Toronto researchers speculate regarding a link between prostate cancer and oral contraceptive use
Very preliminary and speculative research, designed to spark further inquires, suggests that there may be a connection between oral contraceptive use and rising rates of prostate cancer. One theory is that the widespread use of birth-control pills in various populations may result in a higher level of estrogen in the environment, which might, in turn, increase prostate cancer risk.

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Ontario Support Groups

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PCCN ATIKOKAN
Contact: Ron & Sally Speck
P: 807 597-2219
F: 807 597-2219
E: rsspeck@nwon.com
Meet:1st Thursday
North Star Community School
7 PM

PCCN BARRIE
Contact: Harold Rigg
P: 705 728-1581 or 726-8032 (CCS)
F: 705 726-4073 (CCS)
E: herigg@rogers.com
Meet: 3rd Thurday
CCS 4 Checkley St
7:30 PM

BARRY'S BAY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Ralph & Norma Danyluck
P: 613 756-2759
Meet: 3rd Tuesday
Tuesday
Opeonga Seniors Centre
6:30 PM

BELLEVILLE QUINTE PC SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Don Wright
P: 613 968-6271
E: reisan@cogeco.ca (Roy Eisan)
Meet: 2nd Wednesday
18 Moira St. West
7 – 9 PM

PCCN BRAMPTON
Gary Foote
P: (905) 458-6650
F: (905) 458-1812
E: gary.foote@ pccnbrampton.com or info@pccnbrampton.com
www.pccnbrampton.com
Meet: 2nd Tuesday (except July and August)
Room #2 (Upstairs), Terry Miller Recreation Centre
1295 Williams Parkway, Brampton
7 PM

PCCN BRANTFORD
Contact: Emmett Mulvaney
P: (519) 753-2566
F: 519 751-0297
E: m1.7@sympatico.ca
Meet: Last Monday (except July, August, and December)
Stedman Community Hospice, 99 Wayne Gretzky Parkway, Brantford
7 PM

PCCN CORNWALL
Contact: Christine Grant
P: 613 932-3451
F: 613 932-0998
E: cgrant@carefor.ca
Meet At: 2nd Thursday, every second month
VON Office, 205 Amelia St.
7 PM

PCCN DEEP RIVER AND DISTRICT
Contact: Keith Morrier
P: 613 584-2681
E: keith.morrier@ sympatico.ca
Meet: 2nd Wednesday
Deep River Hospital
7 PM

PCCN DRYDEN
Contact: Horst Lang
P: 807 223-9250
F: (807) 233-4516
E: lanalang@shaw.ca
Meet At: Call for meeting times

PCCN DURHAM REGION
Contact: Cindy Hammett
P: 905 571-0055
E: cindyhammett@ rogers.com
New Members/Peer Counselling: Graham Lockey P: 905 438-9595
E:g_a_lockey@yahoo.com
www.pccndurham.ca
Meet: First Wednesday of every month except January, July and August
L'Amicale at 707 Simcoe St South Oshawa
7 - 9 PM

PCCN EMSDALE
Contact: Frank N. Keetch
P: 705 636-7127
E: franknkeetch@msn.com
Meet At: 2nd Tuesday
Emsdale Emmanuel United Church (basement)
6 Parish Street, Emsdale
7 – 9 PM

FORT FRANCIS PC SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Charlie Turgeon
P: 807 274-9250
Meet At: Call for meeting times

PCCN HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS
Contact: Rick Ratcliff
P: 705 286-6699
E: leacliff@sympatico.ca
Contact: Douglas Turner
P: (705) 489-4574
E:blast.on.beech@sympatico.ca
Meet: Hyland Crest Senior Citizens Home
3rd Tuesday
7 PM

PCCN HAMILTON/BURLINGTON
Contact: Bob Allan
P: 905 332-7804
E: rnallan@lara.on.ca
Meet: The last Thursday of every month
Ron Edwards Family YMCA
500 Drury Lane
Burlington, ON
L7R 2X2
7 PM

PCCN HEARST
Contact: Marcel Girouard
P: 705 362-8154
E:dianemarcel@ntl.sympatico.ca
Meet: Call for meeting times

PCCN KENORA
Contact: Don Gabryluk
P: 807 468-7491
E: djgabryluk@shaw.ca
Meet: 4th of Sept/Nov/Jan/Mar/May
Call for meeting times

PCCN KAPUSKASING
Contact: Henri Comeau
P: 705-335-6461
E: henricomeau@hotmail.ca
Meet: To be advised

KINCARDINE PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Hugh Mason
P: 519 395 5182
E:hughandpatt@hotmail.com
Meet: Phone for meeting times and places

KINGSTON PC SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Stuart Godkin
P: 613 544-3235
Group has stopped meeting but call for information.

LINDSAY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Vern and Evelyn Mabee
P: 705 324-5594
Meet: 4th Tuesday, excluding June, July, August, & December
Loblaws Meeting Room, 400 Kent St. West, Lindsay
2 PM - 4 PM

PCCN LONGLAC
Contact: Brian Ste. Croix
P: 807 876 4545
E: mscbsc@sympatico.ca
Meet: Call for info

PCCN MEAFORD
Contact: Gary Chick
P: 519 538-1189
E: garychick@live.ca
Meet: 2nd Tuesday every other month
591 St. Vincent Street, Meaford N4L 1X7
7 PM

PCCN NEW LISKEARD
Contact: Jim Garahan
P: 705-647-6390
E: jimmegar@yahoo.com
For more information, please contact.

PCCN NEWMARKET
Contact: Frank Kennedy
P: 905-895-2263
E: frankjane@rogers.com www.newmarketprostatecancer.com
Meet: 3rd Thursday
Seniors' Centre, 474 Davis Dr.
7 PM

PCCN NIPIGON/RED ROCK
Contact: Cliff Grove
P: 807 887 2828
E: cragrove@shaw.ca
Meet: Last Monday of month
Call for meeting times

NORTH BAY LIVING WITH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Bill Sapinsky
P: 705 497-7406
E:bill.sapinsky@sympatico.ca
Meet: 2nd Monday (3rd Monday if 2nd Monday a holiday)
147 McIntyre Street West
7 PM

NORTHUMBERLAND PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Donald Pirie
P: 905 377-0181
F: 905 377-0182
E: dmpirie@cogeco.ca
Group has stopped meeting, but contact for information.

PCCN OAKVILLE/MISSISSAUGA
Contact: Chris Watson
P: (905) 847-8801
E: chris.watson2@sympatico.ca
Meet: Every 3rd Wednesday
Wellspring Birmingham Gilgan House, 2545 Sixth Line, Oakville, Ont. L6H 7V9
7 PM - 9PM

PCCN ORANGEVILLE
Contact: Klaus Hertel
P: 519-925-3485 or 519-806-0722
Meet: 3rd Monday of Every Month at 7pm
26, Bythia Street, Orangeville
Seniors Centre, Basement thru side-door, North-Side.

PCCN ORILLIA
Contact: Hans Vanderkley
P: 705 326-8394
E: h.vanderkley@sympatico.ca
Meet: 4th Wednesday of each month except June, July, August and December
at 7 PM at the Royal Canadian Legion in Orillia

PCCN OTTAWA
Contact: Wilfred Gilchrist
P: 613 828-0762
E: info@pccnottawa.ca
www.pccnottawa.ca
Meet: 3rd Thursday
St. Shephen's Anglican Church, 930 Watson St.
6:30 PM

OWEN SOUND
Contact: Elwood Koo
E: elwood.koo@genivar.com

PERTH - SMITHS FALLS PC SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Charles Thompson
P: 613 264-0248
E:charles.thompson024@sympatico.ca
Meet: 2nd Monday
CCS Office, 83 Peter St., Perth
2 PM

PCCN PETERBOROUGH
Contact: Terry Procter
P: 705 874 - 7056
E: tprocter@hotmail.com
www.pccnp.webs.com

PORT ELGIN CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Jake Boshman
P: 519 832-5894
Meet: 3rd Wednesday
Colonial Motel
7 PM

SARNIA PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Nick Vrkljan
P: 519 542-6614
F: 519 542-8950
E: nvrkljan@ebtech.net
Meet: 2nd Tuesday
Lochiel Kiwanis Centre
7:30 PM

SOUTHAMPTON MEN'S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Bruce MacDougall
P: 519 797-5437
E: mcmac@bmts.com
Meet: 3rd Tuesday
Southampton United Church
7:30 PM

ST. CATHERINES LIVING WITH PC SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Gene Yaremy
P: 905 934-1685
E: eamy@sympatico.ca
Meet: 2nd Thursday, September-June
Niagara Health System, Ontario Street site
7 PM

PCCN ST. THOMAS & AREA
Contact: Donald Houghton
P: 519 631-8464
Meet:1st Wednesday
Knights of Columbus Hall, Wellington St.
5:15 PM

STRATFORD (HURON-PERTH) PC SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Ray McNichol or Gerda Wood
P: 519 271-4270
F: 519 271-7582
Email: huron@ontario.cancer.ca
Meet: Group has stopped meeting, but contact for information

PCCN THUNDER BAY
Contact: Phil Junnila
P: 807 627-0333
F: 807-623-5122
E: info@pccnthunderbay.org
www.pccnthunderbay.org
Meet: 3rd Thursday
55 Plus Centre, 700 River St.
7 PM

PCCN TORONTO
Contact: Ron Benson, Chairman
P: 416 932-8820
F: 416-291-3025
E: info@pccntoronto.ca or pcaconnections@me.com
http://www.mantoman.ca/
Meet: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays
Valleyview Residence, 541 Finch Avenue West
7 PM

PCCN WATERLOO-WELLINGTON
Contact: Glen Tolhurst, Chair
P: 226-240-9263
E: info@pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca
pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca
Meet: 4th Tuesday evening of the month, (excluding July, August and December)
16 Andrew Street
7:00 PM-8:30 PM

PCCN WINDSOR
Contact: Mitch Mason
P: 519 948-1590
E: mandmm876@aol.com
Meet: 2nd Tuesday
The Hospice, 6038 Empress St. 7 PM

WOODSTOCK - OXFORD PC INFO SUPPORT GROUP
Contact: Irene Kydd and John Hunt
P: 519 537-5592
F: 519 537-3945
E: oxford@ontario.cancer.ca    www.cancer.ca
Meet: 3rd Monday
Woodingford Lodge Auditorium, 423 Devonshire
7:30 PM

SIMCOE PC CLUB
Contact: Donald Gardner
P: 519 426-2381
Meet: Every Monday
Norview Home, #3 Highway W.
7 PM - 8 PM