Vic Lombardi was diagnosed on February 1, 2019 with aggressive Gleason 9 prostate cancer at the young age of 49.  He has since undergone a successful prostatectomy from the UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado.  Lombardi has made it his mission to bring awareness to prostate cancer and encourage men to get checked!

Vic Lombardi joined Altitude on January 1, 2016 as the studio host for the pre-game, halftime, and post-game broadcasts of the Denver Nuggets.

Lombardi previously worked as a television & radio host in South Bend, Austin, Phoenix and most recently the Sports Anchor for Denver CBS4. He is also the co-host of the Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 morning show. Lombardi is one of the most respected sports personalities in the country, which the number of awards attest.

He attended the University of Colorado and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1991. He lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife, Terri and three kids.

Vic Lombardi has made a living out of talking, and he’s about to begin his most important dialogue
Vic Lombardi discusses prostate cancer diagnosis
Vic Lombardi Battles ‘Pretty Aggressive’ Prostate Cancer
Vic Lombardi on His Cancer Diagnosis and Why Men Should Get Tested Sooner

Cryosurgery

Cryoablation of the prostate has been used since the mid 1990's and has generally been indicated for lower risk PC or patients who are not candidates for surgery, radiation therapy or may have possibly failed radiation therapy.  The mechanism that results in cell death revolves around rapid freezing of the prostate tissue using an argon source, creating an "ice ball", followed by a slow warming.  This is repeated twice during the procedure, which can be performed with regional anesthesia.  The result is cell membrane disruption and cell death.  Side effects related to cryosurgery include sexual dysfunction, urethral stricture or narrowing, hematuria, incontinence, swelling to the penis and scrotum and possible fistula (abnormal connection) between the prostate and rectum.

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

HIFU was approved by the FDA in 2015 for the "ablation of prostate tissue."  The delivery is transrectal via a robotically directed probe focused towards the prostate which heats the gland to 80 degrees Celsius.  HIFU works by destroying tissue with rapid heat pulses that focus on the cancer that has not yet spread to other parts of the body.  There is constant ultrasound monitoring of the prostate and average treatment varies by the size of the gland but can range from 1 -- 4 hours.  Side effects include urethral stricture/narrowing, sexual dysfunction, incontinence and possible injury to the rectal wall. 

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PCEC is thrilled to be at the 2017 American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Boston!

Come Visit Us at Booth 2631!

FREE MEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION AND TESTING EVENT!
Come join us in the exhibitors hall at booth 2631.  Testing will include testosterone, LIPIDS, glucose, PSA and phi.

Saturday, May 13
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, May 14
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Monday, May 15
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Poster Session

PD45-02: Validation Study of the Male Androgen Deficiency Syndrome (MADS) Screening Questionnaire
Date: Sunday, May 14th
Time: 3:40-3:50 PM
Location: BCEC Room 159
Description: To validate the MADS questionnaire which was developed to identify men with hypogonadism.

Luminary Dinner: Genomics & Genetics

Join us for a dinner hosted by KOL Consortsium about the advancements of prostate cancer markers and the importance of genomic testing!

Date:
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Time:
6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Location:
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse
75 Arlington St.
Boston, MA 02116

Speakers:
E. David Crawford, MD of the University of Colorado
Lauren Bowling, MS, CGC of Ambry Genetics

For More Information or to RSVP Contact:
Lindsay McBride
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303-999-2571

1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC) understands that no two men will fight this disease the same way, therefore PCEC understands that no two people will want to raise awareness the same way!  PCEC offers a variety of programs both big and small to increase national awareness and educate men and the people in their lives about prostate health.  For example, men can take charge of their health and participate in one of our many free or low cost screening events.  Or one can raise awareness and funds as a participant, coordinator or volunteer with our SET the PACE events.  It could be even as easy as having a beer or taking a bike ride through one of our amazing partner programs!   Not looking to participate or host an event?  Check out our Awareness and Education Programs.  Read up on the important role woman take in prostate health and find out who is with us in the fight against prostate cancer.

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Effective January 2012, this privacy statement covers personally identifiable information and anonymous data collection through aggregate reporting. Personally identifiable information is any information that is associated with your name or personal identity (such as your name, address, email address, social security number, credit card number, etc.). Anonymous (non-personal) data is information about usage and service operation, reported in aggregate, which is not associated with a specific personal identity (such as browser type, IP addresses, etc.).

From time to time, we may ask you to provide us with personally identifiable information about you through our website. We use this information to better understand your needs and interests, and to provide you with better service. Once you choose to provide us with personal information, it will only be used to support your relationship with the Prostate Conditions Education Council. Only the Prostate Conditions Education Council and its authorized agents have access to the personally identifiable information you provide us through our website. We will not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information to others, nor will we share, trade or exchange your personally identifiable information with anyone outside of the Prostate Conditions Education Council without your permission, except under requirement by law or judgment or when we explicitly notify you at the time we ask for your personally identifiable information.

Anonymous (non-personal) data is collected in aggregate for reporting about our website usability, performance, and effectiveness. It is used to improve the customer experience, usability and site content.

This site contains links to other websites. The Prostate Conditions Education Council is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

What We Collect

On the Prostate Conditions Education Council website, you can make donations, order products, register for events, make information requests, or sign up to receive news and information from us. The types of personal information you provide to us on these pages may include name, address, phone, email address, user IDs and passwords, billing information, credit card information and contact preferences.

Anonymous (non-personal) data we collect may include the pages visited on www.prostateconditions.org, unique URLs visited within our website, browser type and IP address. Most anonymous data is collected via cookies (see below) or other analysis technologies.

From time to time, we may share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.

To help us improve the quality of our website, the Prostate Conditions Education Council may use an external service that provides real-time reporting on the use of our website, including page views, unique views, unique visitors, repeat visitors, frequency of visits, and peak-volume traffic periods. We do not use this service to gather, request, record, require, collect or track a user's personally identifying information.

Because we care about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulation establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 and our products and services do not target information to children under 13. Our sites are not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we have designed our sites to block our knowing acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.

It is possible that by fraud or deception by others, we may receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please do so by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The Prostate Conditions Education Council is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests.

How We Use the Information We Collect

The Prostate Conditions Education Council uses your information to help us understand your needs and interests and provide you with better services. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete a transaction or order, to communicate with you, to provide service and support, to update you on services and benefits, and to personalize promotional offers.

Credit card information is used only for payment processing and fraud prevention, and is not used for other purposes. We use an outside shipping company to ship orders and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

We partner with other parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not permitted to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Data collected online may also be combined with information you provide through other sources, such as conferences or personal contacts with members of the Prostate Conditions Education Council.

Opt-Out Policy

From time to time, we may send emails and other information to users about the Prostate Conditions Education Council and its activities.  Our site provides users the opportunity to opt out of receiving such communications from us at any time. To opt out, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. call 1-866-4PROST8, or mail your request to:

Prostate Conditions Education Council
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Centennial, CO 80112

Access & Accuracy

The Prostate Conditions Education Council strives to keep your personally identifiable information accurate. We have put in place managerial data standards review processes and technological tools to maintain customer data accuracy. We will provide you with access to view and change your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to your data. Certain areas of the Prostate Conditions Education Council's website may limit access to specific individuals through the use of passwords and other personal identifiers.

If your personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if you no longer desire our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove the personally identifiable information you provided to us.

This can usually be done at the member information page or by emailing our Customer Support at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The most effective way to view and change your personal information is to send a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The Prostate Conditions Education Council is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of the information, we have in place appropriate physical, managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect.

We use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information. Credit card numbers are only used for processing payments and are not used for other purposes. Our efforts to protect credit card fraud help protect your financial data security.

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. This includes a firewall and 24-hour monitoring of site activities by our hosting service provider as well as 128-bit SSL encryption (where allowable by law) on all transaction-oriented operations between you and PCF via our transaction service provider.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to regain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.

Cookies

Our website uses "cookies." A "cookie" is a small data file transferred by our website to your computer's hard drive containing information that helps us make your experience of using our website more individualized and convenient. We send cookies when you surf our site, make purchases, request information, or register yourself or for certain services. Accepting the cookies used on our site does not give us access to your personally identifiable information, but we may use the cookies to identify your computer. Some cookies are "session" cookies, meaning the cookie is removed from your computer after you leave our website or quit your browser. The aggregate information collected by cookies also helps us to analyze traffic patterns at our site. This can enable us over time to provide a better experience on our site by improving content or personalization and make it easier to use. Cookies that remain on your computer are often called "permanent" cookies. These types of cookies are used to facilitate shopping, personalization and registration services.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually adjust the preferences on your browser to refuse cookies, selectively accept certain cookies or notify you each time a website attempts to place a cookie on your computer. If you refuse to accept cookies, there may be certain features of our site that will not be available to you and some web pages may not display properly. You can find information on how to adjust your cookie preferences on two of the most popular web browsers by visiting the following websites:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx

Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Another good resource for information about cookies is http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq

The cookies we place on your computer are not shared with or revealed to other sites, nor do we look at the cookies that have been placed on your machine by other websites.

The Prostate Conditions Education Council does not post third-party ads on its own website. However, the Prostate Conditions Education Council may use third-party media companies to place ads for its products or services on other companies' websites. If you view a web page where a Prostate Conditions Education Council ad appears, the online media company may place a cookie on your computer. This allows the online media company to recognize your computer when it is used to return to that site or measure advertising response. This data is anonymous and is not linked to personal data on your computer or the Prostate Conditions Education Council database. To prevent online media companies from placing cookies on your computer, you will need to visit each media company's website and use their cookie removal (opt-out) process (see "Opt-Out Policy" above).

The Prostate Conditions Education Council - Tell-A-Friend

If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. The Prostate Conditions Education Council will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. The Prostate Conditions Education Council stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact the Prostate Conditions Education Council at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. request the removal of this information from our database.

Conditions of Use, Notices and Revisions

We will always use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. However, our business changes constantly, and our privacy policy may change as well. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes here so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by email. Users will then have a choice as to whether or not we may use their information in this different manner. We may email periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our website frequently to see recent changes.

If you have any concern about privacy at www.prostateconditions.org, please send a thorough description to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we will try to resolve it.

Contacting Us

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