Our Mission:

VPCC 6th Annual Meeting was Held on March 10, 2008.

Significant Prostate Calendar Events for July to December 2008 have been updated.  (click here to see the calendar). Please check back periodically for up-to-date information.

New event added to Calendar: Prostate Cancer Bike Ride In Virginia

The Prostate Cancer Awareness project invites bike riders to join in a fun adventure bicycle ride this August 9-10 along the Skyline Drive in Virginia to reduce America's annual 27,000-man death toll from prostate cancer.

The ride is a fully supported two-day ride along the Parkway from Front Royal, Virginia to Rockfish Gap with an overnight at the historic and beautiful Skyland Resort, the highest point along Skyline Drive.  I

For more information, go to: http://www.tourdeskylinedrive.org/

Updated Support Group Listing

VPCC has updated its support group listing. For the latest and greatest in support groups, click here!

If you know that ...

• Every 14.6 hours in Virginia a man dies of prostate cancer.

• Virginia’s prostate cancer mortality rate is 8th HIGHEST in the nation.

• 600 men are expected to die from prostate cancer this year alone.

• One in six men is at lifetime risk of prostate cancer.

• 5,330 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in Virginia this year.

• Over 5 years the number diagnosed is equal to the entire population of Herndon.

• African-American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer in Virginia.

And you want to help, then ...

• Lend us your name!
• Just click here to sign our call to action!