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New Patient Surveys to Assist in Designing the Next Phase of COMPPARE

In early June, COMPPARE Coordinators administered over 500 surveys to participants. The purpose of the surveys is to guide the design of the next grant proposal to secure funding to follow COMPPARE patients another five years.  More participants will receive surveys in the coming weeks. New information has emerged that…

COMPPARE 2020 Workshop

The Coordinating Center team would like to thank the patient stakeholders, minority engagement group members, site PIs, co-investigators, research coordinators, invited speakers, and other dedicated team members who made the COMPPARE 2020 Workshop a success! Archived conference presentations are now available.

Save Our Men: Prostate Health Forum

COMPPARE partner organization, Hampton Roads Prostate Health Forum, led by Minority Engagement Group Member and Patient Stakeholder Mr. Charlie Hill, will hold its annual Save Our Men: Free Prostate Cancer Early Detection Event on February 01, 2020, at Queen Street North Worship Center in Hampton,…

Welcome to Our Newest COMPPARE Partners!

The COMPPARE Coordinating Center is very pleased to welcome 16 new sites and principal investigators to the team: Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ MD Anderson Cancer Center Mays Clinic MGH Francis H Burr PTC Miami Cancer Institute- Baptist Health South Florida Willis Knighton PTC Thomas Jefferson University…

100 Black Men Leadership Summit

Dr. Nancy Mendenhall (COMPPARE PI) and Dr. Curtis Bryant (COMPPARE Co-Investigator) were special guests of the 100 Black Men Health and Wellness Committee at the “Salute to Our Chapter Presidents Luncheon” at the annual Leadership Summit held in Jacksonville, FL, December 11-14, 2019. Dr. Mendenhall…

2020 COMPPARE Workshop

All COMPPARE researchers and stakeholders are cordially invited to the 2020 COMPPARE Workshop, which will take place January 17-19, 2020, at the Ritz-Carlton in beautiful Amelia Island, FL.

10 New COMPPARE Sites

The COMPPARE Coordinating Center is very pleased to welcome 10 new sites and principal investigators to the team: Ackerman Cancer Center California Protons: Proton Radiation Therapy Cancer Treatment Center Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, FL) Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy (Rochester, MN) Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy (Scottsdale, AZ)…

PHEN: Daddy’s Boys

COMPPARE Participating Organization, Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN), is “educating through entertainment” with Daddy’s Boys, an entertaining mix of music, comedy, and drama that tells the story of a widowed father and his sons coming together in the face of a prostate cancer diagnosis. This…