The Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program - PC-PEP - Podcast

In this deeply human episode of the PC-PEP Podcast, Dr. Gabriela Ilie brings together four men—Joseph, Anthony, Graham, and Tunde—whose lives have been shaped by prostate cancer, and whose voices offer something rare: honesty without performance, vulnerability without apology, and wisdom grounded in lived experience.    Spanning England, Canada, the Caribbean, and Nigeria, this conversation moves...

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In this deeply human episode of the PC-PEP Podcast, Dr. Gabriela Ilie sits down with Mike and his wife Barb for an honest, unguarded conversation about what it really means to face prostate cancer together. This episode brings something rare: the voice of the person diagnosed and the voice of the life partner walking alongside him. Not to offer advice or to “represent” anything beyond their own li...

In this deeply honest episode of the PC-PEP Podcast, Gabriela sits down with Wayne, a 63-year-old prostate cancer survivor who identifies as a gay man, to explore what it really means to receive “the big C” diagnosis in a world that is still profoundly heteronormative. Wayne walks us through his journey from a routine PSA check to a rapid PSA rise, biopsy, Gleason 7 diagnosis, and robotic prostate...

Welcome to another episode of the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) podcast, proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with PC-PEP™ at Dalhousie University. In this episode, Gabriela speaks with Richard from Ottawa , a warm and thoughtful stage 4 prostate cancer survivor who calls PC-PEP “...

Welcome to Episode number 10 of our Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment program (PC-PEP)! This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. This is a deeply moving conversation with David Johnston—a retired...

This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. In this powerful episode of the PC-PEP Podcast, we hear from Uli, a German-born man living in Canada, who bravely recounts his journey through prostate cance...

This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. In this powerful and uplifting episode of the (Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program) PC-PEP Podcast, we sit down with Nick Aiken, a board member of...

Welcome to the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast! 🎙️ Episode 7. This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. I’m so glad you’ve joined us for this powerful episode on healin...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast. This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. In this powerful episode, I speak with David Ashcroft , a gay man l...

Welcome to the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast! 🎙️ Episode 5. This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. In this episode, we hear from Matthew, a PC-PEP participant whose...

Welcome to the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast! 🎙️ Episode 4. This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. I’m so glad you’ve joined us for this important conversation about...

Welcome to the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast! 🎙️ Episode number 3. This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. I’m so glad you’ve joined us for this episode, where we div...

Welcome to the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast! 🎙️ This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie University. I’m thrilled to welcome you to this episode, where we explore the inspiring j...

Welcome to the "Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Podcast," Episode Number 1. We're excited to launch our very first episode.  This initiative is proudly funded by Movember through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEPTM) at Dalhousie Univer...