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News Advisory
Science Writers’ Seminar on Cancer Survivorship:
NCI/Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern
University
Chicago, Ill., April 11, 2006 |
| What: |
The number of cancer survivors in the United States is now
over 10 million, and this number has grown exponentially over the past
few decades. Much of this increase can be attributed to better detection
and improved treatments. The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
of Northwestern University has worked closely with the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), and other cancer centers, on advances that have had a
major impact on cancer survivors. Survivorship research focuses on the
health and life of a person with a history of cancer beyond the acute diagnosis
and treatment phase. It seeks to both prevent and control adverse cancer
diagnosis and treatment-related outcomes such as late effects of treatment,
second cancers, and poor quality of life, to provide a knowledge base regarding
optimal follow-up care and surveillance of cancers, and to optimize health
after cancer treatment.
Please join us for a series of talks on the latest research that will
help enhance the quality of life for cancer survivors nationwide as well
as on the programs that Northwestern and NCI have developed to assist
cancer survivors. |
| Who: |
Jamie Von Roenn, M.D. (Lurie): Welcome
Noreen Aziz, M.D., Ph.D. (NCI): Cancer Survivorship Research at NCI
Charles Bennett, M.D., Ph.D. (Lurie): Winning the Battle and Winning the
War — Lessons Cancer Patients Can Learn
Kim Dilley, M.D., M.P.H. (Lurie): Survivors Take Action and Responsibility
(STAR)
Lynne Wagner, Ph.D. (Lurie): Quality of Life in Young Breast Cancer Survivors
Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D. (Lurie): Fertility Preservation for Female Cancer
Patients: New Potential through Research
Cancer Survivor: Personal Experience Dealing with Cancer |
| When: |
11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CST, Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Please arrive at 10:45 a.m. for registration and coffee. A complimentary
lunch will be served. Tours of the cancer center will be available for
those interested. |
| Where: |
Northwestern University, 340 East Superior Street, 3rd Floor,
Chicago, Ill.
For directions and maps, please go to: http://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/Directions/Index.cfm. |
| How: |
To register for the seminar, please contact Dorie Hightower or Ann Benner in the
NCI Media Relations Branch at (301) 496-6641 or at ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's Medical Research
Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for
conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and
it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases.
For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.
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