Upcoming Insights Into Cancer lecture: MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM CANCER PATIENT TO CANCER SURVIVOR
Upcoming Insights Into Cancer lecture:
MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM CANCER PATIENT TO CANCER SURVIVOR Tuesday June 15, 2010: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Patricia Ganz, MD, UCLA Professor of Medicine and Health Services, medical oncologist, researcher and Director of the UCLA-LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center for Excellence, and Janet Pregler, MD, UCLA Professor of Clinical Medicine, internist and Director of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Womens Health Center describe and discuss what to expect when treatment ends and survivorship begins. They discuss short and long-term psychological and physical issues that can continue after cancer treatment, developing a treatment summary and care plan with your oncologist, plans for follow-up surveillance and cancer prevention, health promoting activities and the role of your primary care physician.
LOCATION:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (RRMC) Auditorium
757 Westwood Plaza
Room B130 (B Level)
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking is available at the RRMC and the Medical Plaza. Cost is $11 at both locations.
Mark your calendar for the next Insights Into Cancer lecture on July 13, 2010:
Recent Treatment Advances in Radiation Oncology -
Dr. Percy Lee, MD, UCLA Assistant Professor, radiation oncologist and researcher, discusses radiation therapy as an integral component in the fight against cancer and how recent advances have allowed radiation oncologists to target cancer more precisely by conforming the radiation to the size and shape of tumor thus maximally sparing normal tissue. He explains advances in 3-dimensional conformal therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, as well as stereotactic body radiation therapy which result in improved tumor control rates, survival, and decreases in short and longer term side effects.
For additional information contact us at www.SimmsMannCenter.ucla.edu
(310) 794-6644
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