Cansurvive Cancer Support

✨ He's back — and you asked for it!
We're so pleased to welcome Ben Kashi back to the Healing Hub this July — by popular demand. 🙌
🔺 The Energetic Healing Power of Pyramids
Here's what makes this session especially extraordinary: Ben was born in Luxor, Egypt — the land of the pyramids themselves. He has spent decades exploring the intersection of ancient wisdom and natural healing, and what he shares comes not just from study, but from a life genuinely lived across cultures, traditions, and modalities.
Ben's qualifications span chiropractic, Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, kinesiology, naturopathy, biochemistry, and more. He's worked at senior levels in the natural health sector — including with Blackmores in Sydney — and has called the Sunshine Coast home for the past 20 years. He's also a self-taught musician who performs at concerts and festivals, because healing energy takes many forms. 🎵
If you missed his last session, this is your chance. If you loved it — welcome back.
📅 Thursday 16th July
🕐 10:30am
📍 In person at CanSurvive Australia, Maroochydore
💻 Or join us live on Zoom — wherever you are
Free for everyone to join us .
👇 Link to Zoom in the first comment below.

If you're caring for someone with cancer — or you have been, even if their treatment is behind you both — this is an open invitation.

To come to one of our support groups. To find out what CanSurvive offers. To simply reach out and have a conversation.

You don't have to be in crisis to deserve support. You don't have to be at the end of your rope. You just have to be someone who is carrying something and wondering if there's a place to set some of it down.

There is. And we'd love to meet you.

CanSurvive Australia is based in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, with some services available online. Our support groups and services welcome carers. 💛

Hot flashes are one of the most common — and least talked about — side effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Androgen-deprivation therapy, or ADT, is an effective hormone treatment for prostate cancer. But it causes hot flashes in up to 80% of the men who take it, along with fatigue, sleep disturbances, and reduced quality of life. For some men, the side effects become so difficult that they stop treatment altogether.

A new Phase II clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has found that oxybutynin — a medication already approved for overactive bladder — significantly reduces hot flash frequency and severity in men on ADT.

In the trial of 81 men across 15 cancer centres, those taking the higher dose experienced nearly 7 fewer hot flashes per day compared to just over 2 in the placebo group. 79% of men on that dose achieved at least a 50% reduction in hot flash scores. Improvements were seen within the first week of treatment.

The study was relatively small and six weeks in duration, so larger trials would strengthen the evidence further. Men interested in this option should speak with their treating doctor.

But the message is clear: side effects from cancer treatment deserve to be taken seriously, and there may be more options available than people realise.

Quality of life during treatment matters. At CanSurvive, it's at the heart of everything we do. 💙

This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.

(Source: Stish, B. J., et al., 2026, Alliance A222001: Oxybutynin Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Patients Receiving Androgen-Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology)