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Survivorship: Living Beyond a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

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In this session from the 2024 Summit, Dr. Alicia Morgans discusses treatments like hormone therapy, chemotherapy, new oral medications, and immunotherapies that can help prostate cancer patients live longer.

She covers common side effects like weight gain, diabetes risk, bone thinning, sexual dysfunction, and urinary incontinence. Dr. Morgans emphasizes that while treatments aim to control cancer, maintaining overall health through diet, exercise, and working with your care team is critical.

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Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH, Member, Board of Directors

Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH is the Chair of ZERO's Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Morgans is a Genitourinary Medical Oncologist and Medical Director of Survivorship Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. She specializes in the treatment of genitourinary malignancies, including cancers of the prostate, bladder, testis (germ cell), and penis.

She received a Bachelor’s degree with honors in biology before going to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She then went on to complete a residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Dr. Morgans completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Harvard’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston before becoming an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She also has achieved a Masters in Public Health.

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