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PCR teamed up with KCEP FM & Nevada Office of Minority Health to provide free prostate cancer blood test screenings to 96 African-American men in honor Black History Month founder, Dr. Carter Woodson.The event was in conjunction with a discussion about prostate cancer on KCEP FM Straight talk show hosted by popular Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly.

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150 uninsured men received free blood tests for the early detection of prostate cancer.

Funded by Nevada State Health Division in partnership with Prostate Cancer Resource.

Special thanks to Senator Harry Reid; Congresswoman Shelley Berkley; Us TOO Las Vegas Chapter; US Vets Agency; Lab Express; Office of Minority Health and Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada.

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Prostate Cancer Resource provided free blood test for the detection of prostate cancer to twenty-five dads at the Las Vegas library on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Participants age ranges between 33 to 62 years.

Special thanks to Clark County Las Vegas Library administration and Eboni Palmer for donating the multiple-room for the screening event. Also, PCR volunteer, Burt Johnson (Hawaiian shirt) for a great job at the sign-in desk.

This free screening event was supported by a grant from Nevada State Health Division.

Twenty-five dads screened at Las Vegas library!
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Prostate Cancer Resource teamed-up with Nevada State Health Division, Minority Office, to provide free PSA (blood test) screenings to the unemployed, uninsured, low-income and homeless veterans at the Salvation Army Family Services on March 03, 2009 This event was sponsored by Nevada State Health Division.

On April 01, 2009, Prostate Cancer Resource launched the first telephone hotline providing life-saving information, referrals and suicide prevention. The hours are M-F, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.. Telephone number is . The hotline is a pilot project with funding for 3 months.

PCR facility will be closed in observance of Holy Week, April 05 - April 12, 2009
Saint Francis of Assisi is PCR patron saint...helping the poor.

On March 27, 2009, PCR received a letter from Phillip B. Hollon, Director, Residential Services Division, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada requesting the opportunity to partner with us to offer free PSA screenings to 1,000 homeless men for the early detection of prostate cancer.

We would like to thank the following partners for making the free prostate cancer PSA screening event for US veterans a great success:

Primex Clinical Laboratories, Inc. Touro University. Cannery Casino & Resorts, LLC. United Healthcare Group. Nevada Health Department, Minority Office. US VETS

Approximately eighty veterans attended the event and received life-saving information about the value of early detection from Juan Zapata, Primex Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Prostate cancer brochures were distributed by Mae Norris, Nevada Health Department, Minority Office. In addition, information about federal benefits were provided to veterans by regional representatives Roxane Unverrich, US Congresswoman Shelley Berkley office and Robert Sharp from Senator Harry Reid office.

Twenty veterans were tested for prostate cancer by phlebotomists from Touro University

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SOUTHERN NEVADA HARLEY DAVIDSON/BUELL JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER

We welcome the sponsorship of Southern Nevada Harley Davidson/Buell. The support we received will benefit the only no-cost prostate cancer (PSA) screeening facility in Southern Nevada.

For information about our sponsor/merchandise, please contact 702/285-9691, or visit the website at
www.harley-davidson.com.

SEPTEMBER NATIONAL PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH EVENT Prostate Cancer Resource at Las Vegas Downtown Transportation Center where men from all walks of life meet to take public transit. Participants signed-up and were given information on signs, treatment options and a voucher to receive free PSA test at Clinical Pathology Laboratories.

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SMITH'S DRUG AND FOOD STORES SPONSORED FIRST HISPANIC-AMERICAN FREE PROSTATE CANCER PSA SCREENINGS, AUGUST 23, 2008 AT PCR FACILITY.

Prostate Cancer Resource joined with Smith's Drug and Food Stores to offer no-cost PSA screenings to Hispanic-American men over 35 years of age in Southern Nevada. The funding for the event came from the Smith's Neighbor to Neighbor Fund. The event was broadcast on KVBC TV Channel 3.


(r) PCR event spokesperson Bo Woodward		Participant speaking with KVBC TV
(m) supporter, (l) Mary, lab technician		Channel 3 cameraman


(r) PCR Dr. Greg Daniels, (m) participant		Participant being tested at PCR facility
(l) Mary, lab technician


Waiting room area for participants		Participant being tested at PCR facility
and Spanish translator, Neisy Ramos

Prostate Cancer Resource announces the appointment of Dr. Brian K. Golden, MD as spokesman.and consultant responsible for the promotion of our free PSA screening campaign and the latest treatment options.The appointment is effective May 02, 2008.

Dr. Brian Golden graduated in 2000 from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) medical school. He then completed two years of general surgery and four years of urology residency at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver. He subsequently completed a clinical fellowship in laparoscopic and robotic surgery with Urology San Antonio in Texas. This specific training and subsequent surgical experience combine to make Dr. Golden one of the most experienced surgeons in the Southwest U.S. in robotic prostatectomy and laparoscopic kidney and adrenal surgery.

Dr. Golden joined the Urology Institute of Nevada in 2007. Services are provided at offices in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. Dr. Golden is a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), Western Section of the AUA, and Endourological Society.

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KVVU TV Fox 5 News technician putting "mic" on Dr. Brian Golden.		Dr. Golden doing 'takes" with Fox 5 News technician.

Davy Jones, CEO, with Dr. Brian Golden and Rosano Romero, reporter for KNBC - Media Day.		All smiles. End of interview.

Dr. Brian Golden, MD, (in scrubs) being interviewed "Live" on KOMP Morning Show, host Craig (background).		Dr. Brian Golden taped show for Father's Day on Lotus Broadcasting Stations, KENO, ESPN, KBAD Fox Sports, KXPT and KOMP with host Andy Kaye.

Prostate Cancer Resource Las Vegas Office/Reception Area.		Prostate Cancer Resource spokesperson Dr. Brian Golden in reception area.

A decade ago, Prostate Cancer Resource became the first public non-profit organization in the United States to offer free, confidential prostate cancer screenings to reduce the mortality rate.

Founded in 1997 in the memory of my father to prevent the devastation prostate cancer impose on individuals and their families. Our primarily focus is to encourage men over 35 years to take the PSA test (Prostate Specific Antigen) involve obtaining a couple of drops of blood from nick of the finger and deposited in a Biosafe collection card which is sent to a laboratory.

We're the only prostate cancer non-profit agency in the nation to advocate testing from 35 years of age. Recently, David Hillier, 37, Barclay Bank executive was diagnosed with advance prostate cancer. Pre-cancerous lesions have been found in men who died in accidents as young as 20 years. Over 25 percent of men autopsied who have died in their 30's were found to be affected and 55 percent in their 40's. The lack of early screening is one reason 60 percent of the cases that are diagnosed have already spread. Another reason for early screening, a study indicates that the mortality rate may be higher because prostate cancer plays an aggravating role in other ailments such as heart attacks. (Click here for more . . .)