Events
Seventh Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer
May 19, 2009 1:30 PM
On Tuesday, April 14th, CancerCare, in collaboration with National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Survivorship and Office of Communications and Education, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Intercultural Cancer Council, Living Beyond Breast Cancer and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, they will present the first of a three-part telephone education workshop program, The Seventh Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer.
This free series, made possible by support from National Cancer Institute and Lance Armstrong Foundation, offers cancer survivors, their families, friends and health care professionals practical information to help them cope with concerns and issues that arise after treatment ends.
Part I, which takes place on April 14th is entitled, Managing the Stress of Survivorship. The faculty for this program includes Keith M. Bellizzi, PhD, MPH, Cancer Survivor, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut; David Spiegel, MD, Wilson Professor in the School of Medicine, Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine; and Guadalupe R. Palos, RN, LMSW, DrPH, Instructor, Clinical Research Faculty, Assistant Professor, Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Part II, The Importance of Nutrition and Physical Activity, will take place on May 19th.
Part III, Survivors Too: Family, Friends and Loved Ones: Managing the Fatigue of Caregiving, will take place on June 23rd.
All of the of the workshops take place from 1:30 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time.
These workshops are free – no phone charges apply. However, pre-registration is required. T o register simply go to the CancerCare website,
www.cancercare.org/TEW
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We hope that you find this two join us and that you will share this information with your patients and colleagues.