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GU Cancers 2026 | Digital interventions and global delivery of prostate cancer support programs

Gabriela Ilie, PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, provides an overview of the benefits and limitations of digital interventions, highlighting the importance of consistency, stability, and professional guidance in their delivery. The unique approach of the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP), which includes prescription, description, and demonstration, sets it apart from other digital interventions, and that technologies like Zoom enable global accessibility, allowing the program to reach sites in multiple countries. This interview took place at the 2026 ASCO GU Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, CA.

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Access to the internet, for example, is an issue, and, you know, it’s something that we hear a lot of talk about in social media and so on. So, people that have access to the internet can benefit from these digital interventions that are fantastic, especially when they are – I mean, not all digital interventions work. And I think, primarily, that’s because digital interventions, where you put resources out there and you expect the person to access them, won’t work – it’s like kids: if you tell your kid to do this, they won’t do it unless you demonstrate it yourself...

Access to the internet, for example, is an issue, and, you know, it’s something that we hear a lot of talk about in social media and so on. So, people that have access to the internet can benefit from these digital interventions that are fantastic, especially when they are – I mean, not all digital interventions work. And I think, primarily, that’s because digital interventions, where you put resources out there and you expect the person to access them, won’t work – it’s like kids: if you tell your kid to do this, they won’t do it unless you demonstrate it yourself. So, what’s unique about the PC PEP program is that we prescribe, we describe, and we demonstrate, so you have that consistency, and you have professionals – Dr. Rob Rutledge, who’s a radiation oncologist with over 30 years of experience. You have myself in the quality of life area. So, there are professionals behind the program, and there is a consistency and stability in the delivery of the program that is digital. And with Zoom now, I can speak to you in English, and you hear me in, you know, Japanese or Chinese or Romanian, for that matter. And so, that’s why we have sites in Belgium now and Romania. Digital interventions allow that – allow programs such as this to be accessible anywhere in the world.

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