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Great Prostate Cancer Challenge/Dash for Dad

America’s Premier Men’s Health Event Series hosts 14 races in 2010, with more than 7,000 participants. The Great Prostate Cancer Challenge aims to unite athletes, neighbors, physicians, patients, survivors and the people who care about them in one cause: Ending prostate cancer.

Case Study

• Program: Great Prostate Cancer Challenge 2009
• Partner: Various Large Urology Group Practices
• Goal: Establish seven races with 2,000 participants
• Results: ZERO and dozens of partners managed eight races with nearly 4,000 participants, enhancing the image of urology practices, pharmaceutical companies and biotech agencies.

More information at GreatProstateCancerChallenge.com

Drive Against Prostate Cancer

The only national mobile screening program for prostate cancer, The Drive Against Prostate Cancer has tested more than 110,000 men for free since it started in 2002. We have saved countless lives and even enrolled thousands into clinical trials aimed at establishing better testing methods.

Case Study

• Program: Clinical Trial
• Partner: Northwestern University
• Goal: Recruit more than 1,000 men to participate in a clinical trial for the development of new PSA blood test for prostate cancer
• Results: The Drive Against Prostate Cancer recruited more than 4,000 men in six days (40 percent were African-Americans)

Case Study

• Program: Patient recruitment
• Partner: U.S. Oncology
• Goal: Screen more than 300 men in three days and recruit patients into the Kansas City branch of U.S. Oncology
• Results: More than 600 were tested and two men opted for treatment for prostate cancer from U.S. Oncology, more than doubling the company's investment in the screening.

More information at DriveAgainstProstateCancer.com

Summit to End Prostate Cancer

The largest prostate cancer advocacy event hosted in Washington, DC, the Summit to End Prostate Cancer brings more than 100 prostate cancer community leaders and activists to Capitol Hill each year to encourage elected officials to increase prostate cancer research funds to improve access to care for prostate cancer patients. ZERO also participates in local insurance and Medicare hearings about improving access to patient care.

Case Study

• Program: Medicare Hearing on Stereotactical Radiation Surgery in Baltimore, MD 2010
• Partner: Accuray
• Goal: Keep CyberKnife as a treatment option under Medicare
• Results: ZERO along with testimony from patients was able to keep the CyberKnife procedure covered under Medicare

Website

The nation’s leading site for prostate cancer education, ZeroCancer.org houses important information on treatment options, testing facts, clinical trial options, survivor support groups and much more.

Case Study

• Program: Patient Recruitment
• Partner: Calypso
• Goal: Educate patients about external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer through AWARE and the Web site.
• Results: ZERO ushered more than 750 patients to the Calypso Web site in one month through AWARE newsletter and ZERO's website.

AWARE electronic newsletter

Reaching nearly 30,000 readers each week, AWARE informs patients and the people who care about them about the latest information on prostate cancer treatment, clinical trials, testing and side effects.

• Program: Clinical Trial
• Partner: Sanofi-Aventis
• Goal: Recruit patients for Lupron
• Results: ZERO recruited more than 100 patients through AWARE for the Lupron trial which has helped the drug to become the first late-stage treatment for prostate cancer.

Read the latest issue of AWARE

Education Materials

ZERO provides education materials to patients including DVDs about prostate cancer treatments, pamphlets about when it’s appropriate to talk to an oncologist and brochures about side effects like bone density loss.

• Program: Prostate Cancer and Bone Health
• Partner: Amgen
• Goal: Create a brochure and DVD about prostate cancer bone health
• Results: Amgen dramatically increased web traffic to its bone health website

Create Your Own

We need to develop new programs and initiatives to further the mission of ending prostate cancer. If your corporation wants to help achieve ZERO, we want to hear from you. Contact: Jamie Bearse at Jamie@ZeroCancer.org.